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This handout from Taiwan's Military News Agency taken and released on April 3, 2024 shows military personnel aiding in rescue and relief efforts by searching for survivors in a damaged building in Hualien, after a major earthquake hit Taiwan's east. - At least four people were killed and nearly 60 injured on April 3 by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. (Photo by Handout / Taiwan's Military News Agency (MNA) / AFP)
TOKYO - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, public broadcaster NHK reported, but there were no immediate signs of major damage.
NHK earlier reported the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9.
Authorities issued advisories for a one-metre high tsunami for the Pacific coast of the western islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, NHK said.
In Miyazaki prefecture on Kyushu, 20-centimetre high waves had already been observed, NHK said.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka, Sakura Murakami; Editing by David Dolan)
