A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck to the east-southeast of Miyazaki, Japan, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (FOX Weather)
Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook parts of southern Japan on Monday.
- According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was reported about 7 miles to the east-southeast of Miyazaki just after 9 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) at a depth of about 30 miles.
- Miyazaki, located on the island of Kyushu, sits about 560 miles to the southwest of Tokyo.
- According to the National Weather Service’s National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, there is no threat of a tsunami for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska or Hawaii.
- There is no immediate word on damage or injuries.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Tsunami Warning for waves of 3 feet in height for parts of the southeastern shores of Kyushu and Shikoku.
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