Oddbean new post about login | logout A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s southern coast on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no immediate signs of major damage. https://image.nostr.build/332591d51852c8cd07af0bd0b6041e109c6e4c0e7c0d375d40618f9b6e7bac8f.jpg Following a powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 6.9, Japan’s Met Dept issued a tsunami warning predicting waves of up to 1 meter (3.3ft) along the southern coast of Kyushu and the nearby island of Shikoku.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory following the earthquake, with tsunami waves of up to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) detected along parts of Kyushu's southern coast and the nearby island of Shikoku . Seismologists held an emergency meeting to analyze whether the earthquake had affected the nearby Nankai Trough, which has been the source of past devastating earthquakes
