Kagoshima, July 4 -- Residents of an island in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima have begun evacuating on Friday amid a series of earthquakes, local media reported.
On Friday morning, residents of the village of Toshima on Akusekijima, part of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture, departed by ship, heading to the city of Kagoshima, where they are expected to stay in temporary accommodation, the public broadcaster NHK reported.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck off the Tokara island chain on Thursday, following over 1,000 felt temblors in the area in nearly two weeks, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The weather agency said the temblor, measuring a lower 6 on the Japanese sei...