Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes Japan's Kumamoto prefecture, tsunami warning issued

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck in the Kumamoto region of Japan on Tuesday (July 28), along with a seismic intensity of 6 or lower in the Amakusa and Ashikita areas, the Japan ⁠Meteorological Agency (JMA) ​said. After the earthquake, a tsunami warning was issued by JMA for ​a wave measuring 1 metre (3.28 ft).

In addition, the ⁠Japanese government issued emergency earthquake warnings for ​Kumamoto, ​Nagasaki, ⁠Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, ​and Miyazaki ​prefectures, ⁠all on the southern Kyushu ⁠island of the country.

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