A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday afternoon, producing the strongest level of shaking on the country’s seismic scale and prompting a tsunami advisory for coastal areas of Kyushu. The earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. local time on July 28. The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the center of the quake ... Read more The post Powerful 7.1 Earthquake Strikes Southern Japan, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Kyushu appeared first on Southwest Journal. ...read more read less