Hundreds of Hong Kong holidaymakers safe after 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits Japanese island
- Tour companies say scheduled itineraries will continue as planned after earthquake hits
At least 13 tours, involving about 300 people from the city, were on the island of Kyushu on Thursday when a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck about 19km (12 miles) off the coast of Miyazaki prefecture at 3.42pm Hong Kong time, which led to fears of a tsunami.
Six of the tours, involving about 130 people, were operated by travel agency WWPKG and were spread around the island.
“The tour guide reported that all guests are safe,” the company’s executive officer Yuen Chun-ning said. “Some of them felt mild tremors in Beppu city.”
Beppu is 120km from the epicentre of the earthquake in the south side of Kyushu region.
Yuen added the tour guides had reported there was no damage to roads and hotels and would continue with the scheduled itineraries.