Earthquakes have regularly been occurring close to the Tokara island chain in southwestern Japan since Friday. The Meteorological Agency is looking on residents to remain on the alert for doable sturdy tremors for a while.
The company says quakes have been going down in waters close to the Tokara chain and northwest of Amami-Oshima island. These islands belong to Kagoshima Prefecture.
Three tremors registering an depth of 1 or greater on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to 7 struck between midnight and three a.m. on Sunday.
They embody a magnitude-3.7 quake that occurred at round 1:57 a.m. close to the Tokara chain at a depth of 20 kilometers. It registered an depth of two on the Japanese scale on Akusekijima island.
On Saturday, a quake with a most depth of 4 and 14 jolts with a most depth of three hit Kagoshima’s Toshima Village, which incorporates Akusekijima.
Series of quakes have typically occurred close to the Tokara island chain prior to now. A tremor that hit in May registered an depth of decrease 5 in Toshima Village.
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