Magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolts Kumamoto

No new casualties, home damage confirmed in Kumamoto Pref. after M5.8 quake

No new casualties or residential damage were confirmed in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Wednesday after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 hit the region the previous evening, the prefectural government said.

Earthquake with estimated magnitude of 5.8 hits Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture

An earthquake registering an intensity of upper 5 on Japan's seismic scale of zero to 7 has hit the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, in the southwestern part of the country.

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolts Kumamoto

The temblor measured up to an upper 5, the fourth-highest level on Japan's 10-point seismic intensity scale, and occurred at a depth of 9 kilometers.