【被害ひがい・影響えいきょうまとめ】鹿児島かごしま 悪石島あくせきじまで震度しんど6弱じゃく

At around 4:13 p.m. on the 3rd, an earthquake with a seismic intensity of lower 6 was observed in Toshima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture.

We are summarizing the damage and impact.

Toshima Village Office: All people on the island confirmed safe According to the Toshima Village Office, it was confirmed just after 4:50 p.m. that everyone on the island is safe.

The safety of 76 people has been confirmed: 66 island residents, 8 visitors staying from outside the island, and 2 people who were out fishing.

The fire brigade is continuing to check in the community to make sure there is no further damage.

Toshima Village has issued an evacuation order for all 38 households and 80 residents on Akusekijima Island in response to the earthquake that registered a strong tremor of lower 6 on the Japanese seismic scale.

We are urging everyone to evacuate from dangerous areas to safe places such as shelters on the island.

Akusekijima resident: “An indescribable shaking”—Kazunori Arikawa from Akusekijima, where a lower 6 on the seismic intensity scale was observed, responded to a phone interview about the earthquake, saying, “It shook for more than 20 seconds, for quite a long time.”

It felt like a kind of shaking that cant really be described, with both vertical and horizontal movements all mixed together, they said.

Also, regarding the people and situation around me: The people around me were also surprised by the shaking and crouched down.

The shaking keeps continuing, and everyone is tired.

I havent had a chance to look around anywhere yet, so I dont have a clear grasp of the information, he said.

Kagoshima Chuo Police Station, which has jurisdiction over Toshima Village, said, We have confirmed with the village office that there were no major damages such as personal injuries.

We will now check to see if there is any other damage to houses, roads, and so on.

Kyushu Electric Power: No power outages in Toshima Village. According to Kyushu Electric Power, as of 4:50 PM, there have been no power outages in Toshima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture, where Akusekijima, which experienced a seismic intensity of lower 6, is located.

According to NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank, and Rakuten Mobile, no impact on mobile phone calls or communications has been confirmed as a result of this earthquake.