A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred Monday, January 13 evening in southwest Japan. It caused small tsunamis which, fortunately, did not cause significant damage. An earthquake that occurred at a depth of 36 km 18 km offshore in the Kyushu region.
More fear than harm. The Japanese felt an earthquake on the night of Monday January 13, around 9:19 p.m. The American Institute of Geophysics, which revised its initial estimate of the magnitude downward from 6.9 to 6.8, estimated that there was no “no tsunami threat linked to this earthquake”.
For its part, the Japanese meteorological agency warned of possible waves up to one meter high and asked the population to stay away from coastal areas. “The tsunami can strike several times”declared the agency on X.
A few small tsunamis of around twenty centimeters in height were still detected in ports in the region, according to the meteorological agency. Only minor damage was reported. A man was slightly injured when he fell at his home.
-Situated at the convergence of four major tectonic plates along the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, Japan is one of the countries most prone to earthquakes. The archipelago experiences around 1,500 tremors per year. A little over a year ago, on 1is January 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto peninsula, killing more than 470 people, including many elderly people.
