Multiple deaths in explosion at shopping centre after 6.8 earthquake hits Japan

Multiple deaths in explosion at shopping centre after 6.8 earthquake hits Japan

Around 300,000 people have been instructed to go to evacuation centres after strong tremors damaged highways and bridges

28 Jul, 20:00

Japan earthquake injures 50 and traps ‘many people’ inside shopping mall

Deaths expected as Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildings A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured, with some trapped and presumed dead inside a partly collapsed shopping mall. The earthquake hit the Kumamoto prefecture on the southern Kyushu island late on Tuesday afternoon, knocking out power to thousands of homes and damaging r…

28 Jul, 13:29

People trapped inside Japan shopping centre after earthquake

Some reports say there was an explosion at the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto, following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake.

28 Jul, 10:44