Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes western Japan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted southwestern and western Japan early Saturday, injuring at least four people amid a strong tremor despite no tsunami, the meteorological agency and local authorities said.

The epicenter of the earthquake was under the Pacific Ocean within an area off the coast of Japan where an earthquake causing a massive tsunami is expected in the future. The meteorological agency said it would study whether the latest quake was in any way related to the one that is feared to come.

The meteorological agency said the quake occurred at about 1:08 a.m., and registered 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Miyazaki and Oita prefectures on the main island of Kyushu in the southwest of the country.

At intensities above 5, many people find it difficult to move and to walk difficult without holding on to something stable.

The agency later revised the earthquake’s magnitude up to 6.6 from an initial estimate of 6.4. It also warned of the possibility of another earthquake causing a similar level of vibration in the worst affected areas during the next week.

After the strong earthquake, several smaller-scale tremors intermittently occurred in the area.

According to the local fire department, a man in his 40s suffered a fall at his home in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture.

In Oita Prefecture, three people were slightly injured in Saeki. The city council experienced blackouts, while ruptures of water pipes were reported at several locations in Oita after the earthquake.

Kyushu Electric Power Corporation said there were no anomalies in the operation of nuclear power plants in the Kyushu region.

In the aftermath of the earthquake, the government established a liaison office in the Prime Minister’s Office to collect information and assess damage.

The earthquake was also felt in a wide area of ​​western Japan as well as part of central Japan.

In the earthquake-prone country, a massive earthquake originating in the Nankai Basin can become one of the most deadly ever if it occurs. The central government estimates that about 320,000 people could die in a trench-type earthquake along the Trough stretching from west to central Japan, mostly due to the tsunami.

In the Nankai Basin, a magnitude 8 earthquake has occurred at certain intervals for several centuries, with the State Seismological Research Committee predicting a 90% probability of an earthquake of 8.0 to 9.0 on the Richter scale within the next 40 years.

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