No reports of Thai casualties yet in new quakes in southern Japan

The Thai Embassy in Tokyo reported at noon today that so far it has not yet received information that any Thais were injured in the new aftershocks that rocked southern Japan early Saturday.

The aftershock measuring 5.4 hit southern Japan this morning following a 7.0-magnitude quake that killed at least six people overnight.

An embassy spokesman told Channel 9 that the embassy has not yet received reports of Thai being affected.

There are about 190 Thai people living at Kumamoto, and it is also a favourite destination for Thai tourists visiting Japan.

But another source told Channel 9 that a group of Thai tourists was in the quake hit area but there was no injuries.

He said many Thai tourists are now in Japan on a long Songkran holidays.

Kumamoto Prefectural official Tomoyuki Tanaka told The Associated Press that the death toll in the latest temblor was still unclear.

A magnitude 6.5 quake struck late Thursday, killing 10 people. Aftershocks have been rattling various areas in Kyushu, one of Japan’s main four island.

Tens of thousands of people reportedly fled their homes as the quake rocked the area around 1:25 a.m. local time early Saturday.

In Uto, about 17 miles south of Kumamoto, the city hall partially collapsed, Kyodo News reports.

Mashiki, a suburb of Kumamoto, was the worst-hit town in Thursday’s quake, a magnitude of 6.2.

Saturday’s quake was about 6.3 times bigger on a seismogram and 15.8 times stronger in its energy release than Thursday’s temblor, according to the US Geological Survey.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/159746

-- Thai PBS 2016-04-16

Well that's good then.

...and it will not affect the tourism- industry of Thailand and its surging numbers!

that's a relief, I was really worried

Hope they come back safe and update their Facebook pages on the events of the earthquake and their current status.

...and it will not affect the tourism- industry of Thailand and its surging numbers!

I was about to say that

i thought i read awhile back that the japs were knocking back a lot of thais from entering japan

Also quake didn't effect Thais working in Japan without work permits too.