No tsunami threat after strong Japan quake - PHIVOLCS

[Pumpkin2022]

State seismologists said on Thursday that there was no threat of a destructive tsunami in the country following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the southwestern part of Japan. ''[T]here is no tsunami threat to the Philippines from this earthquake,'' PHIVOLCS said in an advisory. According to Reuters, the earthquake happened at 4:43 p.m. local time off Miyazaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu. The Japanese government is checking for damage and casualties, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the report added.​

 

[Lee_Sakura]

That's a relief for people in the Philippines. However, I hope the earthquake didn't cause too much damage and injuries to people in Japan.