Strong Earthquake Hits Near Southwestern Japanese Island

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the coast of Miyazaki on Japan’s main southwest island of Kyushu, triggering a tsunami, public broadcaster NHK said.

The intensity of the quake that hit at about 4:43 p.m. Thursday was strong enough to pry doors open and crack windows, the Meteorological Agency said. It issued a tsunami advisory for Miyazaki, Kochi, Ehime, Oita and Kagoshima prefectures on the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku.