na-agafe n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị n'otu asụsụ dị ka akụkụ ahụ: N'oge 01:25 JST na Eprel 16 (16:25 UTC, Eprel 15), ala ọma jijiji nke 7.0, n'okpuru Higashi Ward nke Kumamoto City na Kyushu Region na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Japan, mere n'ihi nsị nke mgbawa na-adịghị omimi. Mgbasa ozi ndị ọzọ dị ịrịba ama mere na mpaghara ndị dị na Kumamoto Prefecture na-agbake site na ala ọma jijiji nke Eprel 14, na nnukwu ala ọma jijiji na mmebi edekọkwara na ọwụwa anyanwụ dị ka obodo Beppu dị na Óita Prefecture. A na-enwekwa mmetụta dị anya dị ka Busan, South Korea, na ike nke MMI III. A na-enye ndụmọdụ maka tsunami na 01:27 JST maka mpaghara dị n'akụkụ Oké Osimiri Ariats na Oké Osimiri Yushiro, na ebili mmiri dị elu na 0.2 ruo 1 ruo 3.3 mita (0.7 ruo 3.3 ft), ma ewepụghị ihe karịrị otu awa mgbe e mesịrị na 02:14 JST. N'oge ala ọma jijiji nke
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