Strong earthquake shakes southwestern Japan

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News from Japan

Society January 22 2022

TOKYO, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press) – A strong earthquake rocked Japan’s southwestern Kyushu region and other regions on Saturday, injuring some people.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake had a magnitude of 5, the fourth highest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7.

At about 1:08 a.m. Saturday (4:08 p.m. Friday GMT), the 6.6-magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 kilometers in the Hyuga Nada Sea region off Miyazaki.

The agency said there was no tsunami from the quake.

According to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, there were no reports of problems with the operations of Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata Nuclear Plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, and Kyushu Electric Power Corporation’s Sendai Nuclear Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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