A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Japan’s Kyushu region, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
The quake, which hit the country’s southernmost of its four main islands, was 25 miles (40 kilometres) below the earth’s surface.
The United States Geological Survey describes an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 as moderate and an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 as strong.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake’s epicentre was located off the east coast of the Osumi Peninsula, in the southern part of the island.
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