A magnitude 5.8 quake struck Kumamoto’s Aso region on the evening of November 25, producing intensity 5+ shaking in Ubuyama Village and 5– in Aso City and Taketa City in Oita. A woman in her 70s suffered a minor injury after falling at home. Damage included fallen ceilings, collapsed walls, scattered roof tiles, and rockfalls that closed parts of local roads. By early November 26, the region saw 29 additional quakes of intensity 1 or higher, including an intensity-4 tremor later that night. Meteorological officials urged caution for about a week, noting past periods of active seismic swarms and warning of landslides and falling rocks in areas that experienced strong shaking. Source: Kumamoto Prefecture / FNN
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