13 Residents Evacuate Strong Quake&Hit Akusekijima Island

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Kagoshima, July 4 (Jiji Press)–A dozen of residents left Akusekijima aboard a ship Friday morning after a powerful earthquake rocked the Tokara chain island in southwestern Japan the previous day. The 13 voluntary evacuees on the ferry run by the village of Toshima in Kagoshima Prefecture are scheduled to arrive shortly past 6 p.m. at Kagoshima Port in the prefecture’s capital in the mainl…

Kagoshima, July 4 (Jiji Press)–A dozen of residents left Akusekijima aboard a ship Friday morning after a powerful earthquake rocked the Tokara chain island in southwestern Japan the previous day. The 13 voluntary evacuees on the ferry run by the village of Toshima in Kagoshima Prefecture are scheduled to arrive shortly past 6 p.m. at Kagoshima Port in the prefecture’s capital in the mainl…