Oita
\nAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted southwestern Japan early on Saturday morning, injuring 13 people, the authorities and local media said.
\nNo tsunami warning was issued after the quake struck with an epicentre 45 kilometres deep at 1:08am off the coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan\u2019s four main islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
\nThe quake caused shaking in Oita and Miyazaki prefectures that measured five+ on Japan\u2019s seismic intensity scale, which has a maximum of seven, the agency said.
\nThirteen people were injured in nearby regions, including two people in their 80s who were seriously hurt, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing local authorities.
\nMultiple reports of damage to buildings, water pipes and roads were confirmed, said public broadcaster NHK.
\nNo abnormalities were reported at the Ikata nuclear power plant, operated by Shikoku Electric Power, or the Sendai plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power in southern Japan, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
\n\u201cIn the past, 10 per cent to 20pc of strong earthquakes were followed by a quake of the same level, so be aware of another quake of up to five+ intensity scale in regions that experienced large jolts, for around a week,\u201d the JMA said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oita An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted southwestern Japan early on Saturday morning, injuring 13 people, the authorities and local media said. No tsunami warning was issued after the quake struck with an epicentre 45 kilometres deep at 1:08am off the coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan\u2019s four main islands, the Japan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n