OREANDA-NEWS  The magnitude of the earthquake in the Japanese Prefecture of Kumamoto reached 5.1 on the Richter scale, said the Central weather service of Japan.

The clarification was made after the initial magnitude of the strong earthquake on Thursday was estimated to be within 5, but on the Japanese seven-point scale, the strength of tremors was, as previously reported, six points.

Data on the destruction and the victims have not yet been reported, the tsunami threat has not been announced. As reported by the Agency Kyodo, emergency situations at the nuclear power plant in Kumamoto is not recorded.

The epicenter of the earthquake was on the territory of Kumamoto Prefecture near the city of Nagomi, the hearth lay at a depth of about 10 kilometers. Tremors were also felt in Fukuoka, Saga and Oita prefectures.

The earthquake led to an automatic stop on the island of Kyushu local Shinkansen high-speed trains.

In Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14, 2016 there was a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.5, and two days later it hit with even greater force and the magnitude has already reached 7.3. Only in the city of Masiki, then the most affected, as a result of the earthquake were damaged and unusable about 4.7 thousand homes.

In addition, an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred 82 kilometers from the uninhabited island of Bristol off the coast of the archipelago Of the southern sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic ocean.

The world community was informed about this by the US geological Survey.

It is noted that the hearth of the underground element was located at a depth of 133.4 kilometers. Data about the threat of a tsunami was not reported.

The archipelago is located along the South Sandwich trench and is part of the South Antilles ridge. The island arc is located in the seismically active zone. There are also active volcanoes on the Islands.