{"id":179197,"date":"2026-08-18T14:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179197&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:12:26","slug":"itoshima-records-seismic-intensity-4","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/itoshima-records-seismic-intensity-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Itoshima Records Seismic Intensity 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An earthquake centered in the Fukuoka region produced seismic intensity 4 shaking in Itoshima at about 6:37 a.m. on August 17. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated the quake at a depth of 10 km and magnitude 4.4. Seismic intensity 3 was recorded in Fukuoka&#8217;s Nishi Ward and Karatsu, while authorities reported no injuries or building damage. The Fukuoka Regional Headquarters of the JMA said it was the first locally centered earthquake to produce intensity 4 or stronger in the prefecture since May 2005 and urged residents to remain prepared. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1096039\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2875772?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_si-4-shaking-in-itoshima_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1348%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1348\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_si-4-shaking-in-itoshima_2026_cl.jpg?w=1348&amp;ssl=1 1348w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_si-4-shaking-in-itoshima_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_si-4-shaking-in-itoshima_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_si-4-shaking-in-itoshima_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: RKB News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An earthquake centered in the Fukuoka region produced seismic intensity 4 shaking in Itoshima at about 6:37 a.m. on August 17. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179197","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-itoshima","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179197","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}