Important Takeaways:

• The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centered in waters off the eastern coast of Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu at a depth of about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles).
• Seismologists were holding an emergency meeting to analyze whether the quake had affected the nearby Nankai Trough, the source of past devastating earthquakes.
• Seismology Department official Shigeki Aoki warned that strong aftershocks could occur for about a week.
• Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean, and is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries.
• An earthquake on Jan. 1 in Japan’s north-central region of Noto left more than 240 people dead.

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