A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck South Japan’s Kyushu region on July 28, triggering emergency warnings and a one-meter tsunami alert from the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The severe tremor registered high on the country’s Shindo seismic scale, prompting emergency government warnings across Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, and Miyazaki prefectures.
The tremor also measured at the highest possible level 7 on Japan’s own Shindo scale of shaking. Japan’s National broadcaster NHK reported localized tsunami alerts following the violent shaking near Kumamoto Prefecture.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirmed there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii or American Samoa. Local authorities are actively assessing infrastructure damage and coordinating emergency responses across the affected southwestern prefectures.
