TOKYO: A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 struck southern parts of the Kyushu southwestern Japan region on Monday.

The quake registered up to lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale, in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

No tsunami was observed following the quake, which took place at around 10:25 a.m. at a depth of 39 kilometers off the eastern coast of the Osumi Peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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