Japan: Bullet Train Service Suspended After Strong Quake Strikes Off Kyushu 2

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory. Shinkansen (bullet train) services were temporarily suspended due to power outage caused by the quake. This video was filmed on a Shinkansen train heading to Toyohashi Station in central Japan.

Retiring shinkansen train

Retiring shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 series shinkansen bullet train with a sticker attached expressing gratitude is shown to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The train will be used for the last run of the 300 series of trains on the Tokaido Shikansen Line on March 16, 2012.

Retiring shinkansen train

Retiring shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 series shinkansen bullet train (front) with a sticker attached expressing gratitude is shown to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The train will be used for the last run of the 300 series of trains on the Tokaido Shikansen Line on March 16, 2012.

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

OGORI, Japan - Photo shows an 8-kilogram piece of mortar found Dec. 1 on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line bullet-train tracks inside a tunnel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tunnel inspectors found the fragment, which had apparently fallen from a 3-meter-high wall in the tunnel between Shin-Shimonoseki and Asa stations. No accidents were reported immediately.

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

OGORI, Japan - Photo shows an 8-kilogram piece of mortar found Dec. 1 on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line bullet-train tracks inside a tunnel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tunnel inspectors found the fragment, which had apparently fallen from a 3-meter-high wall in the tunnel between Shin-Shimonoseki and Asa stations. No accidents were reported immediately. (Kyodo)

Retiring shinkansen train

Retiring shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 series shinkansen bullet train with a sticker attached expressing gratitude is shown to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The train will be used for the last run of the 300 series of trains on the Tokaido Shikansen Line on March 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

Retiring shinkansen train

Retiring shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 series shinkansen bullet train (front) with a sticker attached expressing gratitude is shown to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The train will be used for the last run of the 300 series of trains on the Tokaido Shikansen Line on March 16, 2012. (Kyodo)