Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 hits southern Japan, tsunami warning issued

A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 6.9 struck the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan on Thursday..

A powerful 7.1 tremor followed the quake.ed..

Japan, one of the world's most tectonically active countries, has strict building standards designed to ensure structures can withstand even the most powerful earthquakes...

On New Year's Day, at least 260 people died after a massive earthquake hit the peninsula, including 30 "quake-linked" deaths as well as those killed directly in the disaster..

Japan's biggest earthquake on record was a massive magnitude-9.0 undersea jolt in March 2011 off Japan's northeast coast, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing..

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