Strong Earthquake hits southern Japan

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan, the weather agency said on Monday. The strong temblor occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, which had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 in the hardest-hit areas, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). JMA issued a tsunami advisory, but later lifted it.