A powerful earthquake struck off southern Japan on Thursday, causing mostly minor injuries but raising the level of concern over possible major quakes stemming from an undersea trough east of the coast.
Officials said nine people were injured on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, but the injuries were mostly minor, there were no reports of serious damage and tsunami advisories for the quake were later lifted.
The agency said tsunami waves of up to 50 centimetres were detected along parts of Kyushu's southern coast and the nearby island of Shikoku about a half hour after the quake struck. Tsunami advisories were issued, but lifted for most areas three hours later, and for all remaining coastlines five and a half hours later.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said nine people were injured, most of them slightly when falling down or hit by objects in Thursday's quake in Miyazaki and neighbouring Kagoshima. Kyushu "shinkansen" super-express trains returned to normal operations after temporary safety checks, but a number of local train lines in the quake-hit areas were to be suspended through Friday, according to Kyushu Railway Co.In Osaki in neighbouring Kagoshima prefecture, concrete walls collapsed and a wooden house was damaged, but no injuries were reported.
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