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Tsunami alert lifted after M6.7 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan

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By YURI KAGEYAMA

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Felt nothing of it here in Tokyo, and I was watching Netflix at the time, anyway, so just learned of it this morning.

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Have a villa in southern Oita prefecture, house was a shaking and baking. Woke me up, ran outside in my PJs ;-). Will never ever get "used to" earthquakes.

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I'm going to review my disaster prevention supplies.

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Thanks God, there's no other Fukushima this time.

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At 21:19 last night. You'd think they could have mentioned that.

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Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi prefecture in Shikoku island, shortly after the quake struck at 9:19 p.m. according to the agency. They were all called off shortly before midnight.

You need your morning coffee mate

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I knew the agency would immediately revise it down to under 6.8. 6.8 is the criteria for a whole host of decisions regarding a possible Nankai Trough quake. I expect the person responsible for making that decision was chiiling at home at the time, so downgrading from 6.9 to 6.7 was chosen as the best course of action.

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A little worrying seeing it constantly on the TV screen last night since i have some friends in the southern part of Kyushu.

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We have a system for earthquake severity.

How many times does our dog barks when a tremor occurs.

One bark...no worries

Three barks...getting up there.

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Yes, we felt it here in eastern Kagoshima prefecture, too, but I didn't jump out of bed and run outside in my PJs. My phone started squaking "Earthquake alert, earthquake alert" about 2 seconds before we felt it, and it lasted about 15 seconds, which seems like a long time. It took about ten to 15 minutes before it registered on the Japanese and USG Earthquake websites. I was surprised b/c I thought they were as automated as the cell phone alert system.

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