EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 7.1 HITS JAPAN

Japan experiences yet another quaking of the earth and destruction of lives and properties today, 16th April. We do not experience those in this part of the world and should be grateful. The Magnitude 7.1 quake struck Southern Japan leaving nine dead and over a 1000 injured. According to Japanese media, the quake triggered a tsunami which was later averted.

This is what the start of an earthquake looks like

According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake started near the city of Kumamoto and measured at a shallow depth of 10km and was of 7.1 magnitude which by far bigger than the quake that raked the same area on Thursday. It was of 6.4 magnitude but left no one dead.

Shinji Toda, a professor at Tojoku University, told national broadcaster that 'Thursday's quake might have been a foreshock of this one.' The Japan Meterological Agency has also identified the presence of a marine threat and has asked people to leave coastal regions fot the Ariake and Yatsushiro seas. The first quake today was followed by several aftershocks including one of a 5.8 magnitude.