A strong earthquake struck near Japan’s Kyushu Island on Thursday, prompting a tsunami advisory for multiple islands.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.1 tremor struck southeast of Miyazaki, where broken windows at the city’s airport were reported, according to the Associated Press. It wasn’t immediately clear how widespread the damage was.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said no serious injuries have been reported.
The tsunami advisory warned that waves up to 3.3 feet were possible for the southern coast of Kyushu and also nearby Shikoku. So far, the Japan Meteorological Agency said waves as big as 1.6 feet have been confirmed along the southern Kyushu coast.
According to the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center, there is not believed to be any threat to Hawaii or the U.S. West Coast. Seismologists were holding an emergency meeting to analyze whether the quake had affected the nearby Nankai Trough, the source of past devastating earthquakes.
In Osaki in neighboring Kagoshima prefecture, concrete walls collapsed and a wooden house was damaged, but no injuries were reported.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said all 12 nuclear reactors, including three that are currently operating, on Kyushu and Shikoku remained safe.
Earthquakes in areas with nuclear power plants have been a major concern since a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
