12 injured after M6.6 quake in western Japan

At least 12 people were injured following a magnitude-6.6 earthquake that struck a wide area of western Japan the previous night, authorities said Thursday.The quake at 11:14 p.m. Wednesday registered lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Ainan, Ehime Prefecture, and Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, both on Shikoku Island, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.Seven people were slightly injured in Ehime, while in Sukumo two women in their 70s suffered serious injuries, including broken bones, and a man in his 40s suffered minor injuries, according to prefectural government…READ FULL ARTICLE