Unruptured fault from 2016 likely behind powerful Japan temblor: experts

A powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan on Tuesday is likely to have been caused by a fault left unruptured in twin temblors that struck almost the same region a decade ago, experts say, warning that strong seismicity may continue.The focus of the latest quake, which had a magnitude of 7.1 and originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, was not far from the epicenters of similar inland temblors of M6.5 on April 14, 2016, and M7.3 two days later.All three quakes registered a maximum 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale in parts of the prefecture. The 2016 temblors devastated the region a…READ FULL ARTICLE