An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck Kyushu, Japan at 09:01 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. will reduce output by an additional 1,400 vehicles at its Kyushu plant next week due to ongoing chip supply issues linked to Chinese-owned Nexperia, a source familiar with the matter said. The move follows a 900-vehicle cut last week.

Residents across southern Japan were treated to a rare celestial display on Tuesday night (Aug 19) when a bright fireball streaked across the skies of Kyushu and Shikoku.

Torrential rain has struck Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, unleashing floods and mudslides that have forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate and prompting the highest-level weather warnings in parts of the region.

Japan's government on Saturday issued a warning about the potential for more strong earthquakes in waters southwest of the country’s main islands.