Rescuers Search for the Missing After Japan Earthquake as Death Toll Rises to 13
Rescuers searched a damaged shopping mall and factory as officials said 13 people were dead and hundreds more were advised to evacuate.
- On Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed at least 13 people died after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto on Kyushu island late Tuesday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped beneath rubble.
- Japan accounts for about 20% of the world's earthquakes magnitude 6.0 or greater due to its location on the 'Ring of Fire,' while a massive earthquake in Kumamoto 10 years ago killed 275 people and damaged thousands of buildings.
- With more than 36,000 homes lacking power, authorities advised over 260,000 residents to evacuate amid heat stroke risks on Wednesday; rescuers pulled eight people from a partially collapsed Aeon mall early that morning.
- Describing the crisis as a 'race against time,' Takaichi told reporters in Tokyo that the government is marshaling all available resources to save as many people as possible.
- Major companies including Honda and Tokyo Electron suspended operations through Wednesday, while authorities warned residents to remain alert for further strong quakes for about a week.
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At least 13 people have died from the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on the open Richter scale that shook first thing this Tuesday Kumamoto Prefecture on the Japanese island of Kyushu.Keep reading...
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Japan earthquake kills 13 as rescuers race to find survivors
Rescuers were frantically searching on Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region. Eight people were pulled from the rubble of a partially collapsed shopping mall near the city of Kumamoto that was torn […]
The balance of the victims of the strong earthquake in South-West Japan has risen to 13 deaths, announced today Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. "They have been confirmed...
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