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Japan issued its first-ever alert over a doable megaquake alongside the Nankai Trough on Thursday after a magnitude 7.1 quake struck off the coast of Kyushu earlier the identical day, leaving some locals frightened about their security.
“It shook like nothing I’ve ever skilled earlier than,” stated a lady in her 50s from the town of Nichinan in Miyazaki Prefecture, the hardest-hit area on Thursday. “I felt the quake and the worry for a really very long time.”
The quake hit the Kyushu area at 4:43 p.m. on Thursday, leaving a minimum of 16 folks injured, in line with the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The epicenter was within the Hyuganada sea off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture.
