In Pics: Poweful 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Southern Japan, Tsunami Alert Issued

In the picture, visitors to the Peace Park in Nagasaki, western Japan, crouch down as an earthquake alert was issued on Thursday. 

In the picture, people take shelter outside a building after an earthquake struck Miyazaki in western Japan on Thursday.

age shows police standing outside a damaged building following an earthquake in Miyazaki, western Japan today. 

It issued a tsunami advisory, predicting waves of up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) along the southern coast of Kyushu and nearby island of Shikoku in Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency informed that the earthquake registered 7.1 magnitude.