Strong quake shakes southwest Japan islands amid continued temblors

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 hit off small islands in southwestern Japan on Thursday, following over 1,000 felt temblors in the area in nearly two weeks, the weather agency said.The quake, which struck around 4:13 p.m. off the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, measured a lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 on Akuseki Island, part of the village of Toshima, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.Local authorities in Toshima, consisting of seven inhabited islands and five uninhabited ones, said they confirmed the safety of all …READ FULL ARTICLE