鹿児島・十島村で震度５強　第２陣、６日島外避難へ―気象庁課長「うわさの日、全くの偶然」

　トカラ列島近海を震源とする群発地震は５日も活発に続き、午前６時２９分ごろに鹿児島県十島村・悪石島で震度５強の揺れを観測した。気象庁によると、地震の規模（マグニチュード＝Ｍ）は５．４。震源の位置は悪石島の南西で、２日明け方の震度５弱の地震（Ｍ５．１）とほぼ同じ。深さは１９キロと推定される。
　十島村によると、村営船で６日朝に出発する島外避難の第２陣には悪石島の３１人が乗船する見通し。２日に震度５弱を観測した小宝島からも１４人が乗り、鹿児島市内へ避難する。４日の第１陣では悪石島の１３人が避難した。
　同庁の海老田綾貴・地震津波監視課長は５日、記者会見し、「一連の地震活動の中で発生しており、特異なことはない」と指摘した上で、引き続き震度６弱程度の地震に注意するよう呼び掛けた。体に感じる震度１以上の地震は６月２１日以降、５日朝までの累計で１３００回を超えた。同日はほかに震度４も相次いだ。
　一方、５日に大地震が起きるとするＳＮＳ上などでのうわさが当たったかについては、「全くの偶然だ。現在の科学的知見では日時と場所、規模を特定した地震予知は困難。地震が偶然発生したとしても、科学的根拠があるものではない」と説明した。
　午前６時２９分の地震で同県奄美市では震度３を観測した。（2025/07/05-19:40）

An earthquake measuring up to upper 5, fourth highest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, struck Saturday morning off Akusekijima, one of the Tokara Islands in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, following a series of tremors that have continued in the region since late last month.
   According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake that occurred at 6:29 a.m. Saturday had a magnitude of 5.4, with an epicenter located southwest of Akusekijima in the village of Toshima, Kagoshima, at a depth of about 19 kilometers. The epicenter was almost the same as that of the 5.1 magnitude earthquake measuring up to lower 5 that occurred in the same area around dawn on Wednesday.
   This morning's quake "occurred amid a series of seismic activities, so there is nothing unusual," Ayataka Ebita, director of the agency's Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division, told a press conference in Tokyo on Saturday, calling on people in the region to beware of possible earthquakes with intensities of around lower 6.
   As of Saturday morning, the Tokara Islands had been hit by more than 1,300 quakes strong enough to be felt since June 21. Tremors measuring 4 also hit the area on Saturday.
   As to whether the rumors on social media that a major earthquake would occur in Japan on Saturday came true, Ebita said: "It's a complete coincidence. With the current scientific knowledge, it is difficult to predict an earthquake by specifying the date, time, location and scale."