Powerful 7.1 magnitude quake jolts Japan's Kyushu, tsunami warning issued

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu region on Tuesday, prompting tsunami warnings and emergency alerts across several prefectures, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).The JMA said the earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1, struck Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu. Following the quake, the agency issued a tsunami warning for waves of up to one metre. "A tsunami warning for a wave measuring 1 metre (3.28 ft) was issued after the earthquake," the JMA said.The Japanese government also activated emergency earthquake warnings for Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita and Miyazaki prefectures, all located on Kyushu island.Earlier, the Associated Press reported that the earthquake had shaken southern J