{"id":170097,"date":"2025-04-03T14:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170097&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:11:59","slug":"magnitude-6-quake-shakes-miyazaki-kagoshima","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/magnitude-6-quake-shakes-miyazaki-kagoshima\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 6.0 Quake Shakes Miyazaki and Kagoshima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Osumi Peninsula at 11:04<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> p.m.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on April 2, registering a seismic intensity of 4 in parts of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, including Miyazaki City, Nichinan, Kushima, Kanoya, Shibushi, Higashikushira, Kinko, and Kimotsuki. No tsunami was generated. Intensity 3 tremors were felt widely across Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and parts of Kumamoto and Saga, while weaker shaking reached broad areas of Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Chugoku region. Long-period ground motion level 1, the lowest on the four-level scale, was observed in Miyakonojo, Kobayashi, Shintomi, Kagoshima City, and Ibusuki, with the Japan Meteorological Agency noting that such motion may be felt by many in high-rise buildings. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250403\/5010027632.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170099\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_miyazaki-sea-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Magnitude 6.0 Quake Shakes Miyazaki and Kagoshima\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_miyazaki-sea-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_miyazaki-sea-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_miyazaki-sea-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_miyazaki-sea-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Osumi Peninsula at 11:04 p.m. on April 2, registering a seismic intensity of 4 in parts of Miyazaki and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170097","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kagoshima-prefecture","location-miyazaki-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}