Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes southwestern Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 deed a distant land successful southwestern Japan connected Thursday (July 3, 2025), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The earthquake’s epicentre was disconnected the seashore of the Tokara land concatenation successful Kagoshima prefecture astir 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from Tokyo, the bureau said, adding that a tsunami informing had not been issued.

The quake deed astatine a extent of 20 km (12 miles), giving it a seismic strength of ‘6 lower’ connected Japan’s 1-7 standard connected Akuseki Island, the bureau said. Akuseki has a colonisation of 89.

The strength is classified arsenic a level that makes it “difficult to stay standing”, according to the agency.

More than 1,000 tremors with a seismic strength of 1 oregon supra connected the Japanese standard person been detected astir the land concatenation betwixt June 21 and July 3, the bureau said.