Tsunami alert as Japan struck by another powerful earthquake

A second major earthquake has hit southern Japan barely 24 hours after the powerful tremor that killed nine people in the region. Authorities have issued a tsunami alert, warning of a possible 1-metre wave along the coast in the Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu Island.

The magnitude of 7.1 quake struck at 1.25am local time on 16 April and was centred near Kumamoto city. Its epicentre was at a depth of of 40 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
There were no immediate reports of casualties. A day earlier, the area was rattled by magnitude 6.5 earthquake that caused numerous buildings to collapse, injuring some 860 people. It was followed by more than 130 aftershocks before the second, more powerful tremor struck.

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