Passage: At 01:25 JST on April 16 (16:25 UTC, April 15), a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, under Higashi Ward of Kumamoto City in the Kyushu Region in southwest Japan, occurred as a result of strike-slip faulting at shallow depth. Significant additional damage occurred in those areas of Kumamoto Prefecture recovering from the April 14 earthquake, with strong tremors and damage also recorded as far east as the city of Beppu in Ōita Prefecture. It was also felt as far away as Busan, South Korea, with an intensity of MMI III. A tsunami advisory was issued at 01:27 JST for areas along the Sea Ariatsake and Sea Yushiro, with the wave height forecast at 0.2 to 1 m to 3.3 ft), but was lifted less than an hour later at 02:14 JST. At least 350,000 people were buried under the earthquake in Ōita Prefecture, with strong tremors and damage also recorded as far east as the city of Beppu in Ōita Prefecture. Zaidi ya askari 15,000 walijeruhiwa na wengine zaidi ya 300 wali
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