FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Cities in Kyushu held emergency drills Monday, the first anniversary of a major earthquake in Fukuoka and neighboring prefectures that killed one person and injured more than 1,000.

Fukuoka's Genkai Island, which was hit hard by the temblor, held a drill at 10:53 a.m., the exact time the quake struck last year. The scenario for the drill was that a quake with the same magnitude, 7.0, had hit the island.

Participants, including residents living in temporary housing off the island, practiced evacuating, extinguishing fires and transporting patients to the hospital.