Road caves in after eathquake (File photo)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off southern Japan on
Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake struck 682
km off Japan’s island of Kyushu at a depth of 10 km, the agency said.
NAN reports that on April 14, 2016, authorities said nine people
died after a second earthquake hit Japan’s southern island of Kyushu.
Authorities report more than 800 injured, at least 53 seriously, and
tens of thousands displaced on the island.
The 6.4-magnitude earthquake, thought to be one of the aftershocks
of the earlier quake, struck at 0:03 a.m. local time (15:03 UTC).
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that around 860 people were injured
during the tremors, while tens of thousands of people were evacuated.
The quake reportedly brought down walls and a number of houses in
the town of Mashiki, located some 900 kilometers (560 miles) southwest
of Tokyo.
An unknown number of people were trapped in the buildings and one
of them was unconscious, according to NHK. Kyushu Electric Power said
more than 16,000 households in and around Mashiki were without
electricity.
-Reuters
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