{"id":2372429,"date":"2025-01-13T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2372429\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:37:53","slug":"6-9-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-japan-followed-by-tsunami-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2372429\/","title":{"rendered":"6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Japan, followed by tsunami threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Japan, followed by tsunami threat\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUjer_ggAHE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Japan, followed by tsunami threat<\/p>\n<p>A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country\u2019s Meteorological Agency said Monday, while warning the public to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami threat.<\/p>\n<p>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. local time, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of damage. Residents in some coastal areas were told to evacuate as a precautionary measure. One man was slightly injured in Kyushu after falling down some stairs, NHK reported. Trains stopped running in Miyazaki Station, stranding passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/13\/world-news\/6-9-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-japan-followed-by-tsunami-threat\/<\/p>\n<p>#japan #earthquake <\/p>\n<p>The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/nypostsports<\/p>\n<p>Catch the latest news here: https:\/\/nypost.com\/<br \/>\nFollow The New York Post on:<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYPost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Japan, followed by tsunami threat A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2372430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[395391],"tags":[774765,8018,774771,774772,2186,774769,774770,67,774773,774774,774766,1217,774764,106206,68,1225,774768,98690,703133,201,703134,703135,70254,27757,450,219228,774767,4204,6946,67622,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-2372429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-2025-japan-earthquake","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-caught-on-camer","11":"tag-caught-on-video","12":"tag-earthquake","13":"tag-earthquake-japan-2025","14":"tag-earthquake-japan-january-2025","15":"tag-japan","16":"tag-japan-2025-earthquake","17":"tag-japan-2025-earthquake-caught-on-video","18":"tag-japan-6-9-earthquake","19":"tag-japan-breaking-news","20":"tag-japan-earthquake-2025","21":"tag-japan-earthquake-today","22":"tag-japan-news","23":"tag-japan-today","24":"tag-japan-tsunami-warning-2025","25":"tag-latest-news","26":"tag-new-york-post","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-ny-post","29":"tag-nypost","30":"tag-stories","31":"tag-story","32":"tag-tokyo","33":"tag-top-stories","34":"tag-tsumani-warning","35":"tag-tsunami","36":"tag-us-news","37":"tag-world-news","38":"tag-233"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}