A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning, triggering a tsunami advisory.<br />The quake's epicenter was near the city of Kumamoto and measured at a depth of 40 km.<br />The USGS minutes earlier reported a 7.1 quake with a depth of 7 km close to the same location.<br />The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory, which identifies the presence of a marine threat and asks people to leave coastal regions, for the Ariake and Yatsushiro seas.
