STORY: :: A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake
rattles Japan’s southern Kyushu region
:: January 13, 2025
:: Miyazaki, Japan
Buildings and houses were shaking strongly seen from footage by local surveillance camera in Miyazaki city, with a population of roughly 400,000 people.
Tsunami advisories for waves of a maximum height of 3.2 feet (1 meter) were issued for the southern prefectures of Miyazaki and Kochi. A 0.7 foot (20-centimeter) tsunami was later recorded reaching Miyazaki city, public broadcaster NHK reported.
There were no abnormalities reported at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant in western Japan or the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima prefecture, NHK said, referring to the two plants nearest to where the quake occurred.
