Major quake in southern Japan knocks out power, disrupts transport

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people and left many missing in southwestern Japan.

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…

Buildings that collapsed after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Yatsushiro City, Japan, July 29, 2026. — Reuters7.1-magnitude jolt rocked southern Japan on Tuesday.Workers missing at quake-hit mall and paper mill.Multiple…

“There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,” Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people.

Around 20 to 30 workers at the prefecture’s largest shopping mall were unaccounted

Ten missing people are still unaccounted for within the ruined complex.

Japan's southern prefecture of Kumamoto lives with the memory of a massive 2016 earthquake that killed hundreds.

Powerful tremor in Kumamoto prefecture has left at least 13 people dead

At least 13 people are now confirmed dead as search-and-rescue teams continue combing through a shopping mall torn apart by an explosion triggered by the powerful earthquake.

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

Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildings, as people remain trapped inside shopping centre A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, killing at least two people and leaving at least 100 people injured. Some are trapped and…

Authorities are scouring the wreckage of a collapsed shopping centre southern Japan following a magnitude-7.1 earthquake. Follow live.

Major quake hits southern Japan, workers missing after mall blast

"Human casualties, building collapses, road damage, fires... have been confirmed so far," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on X, adding there were also "water and power outages".

By Anton Bridge, Satoshi Sugiyama and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her government has set up a task force to gather information, assess possible damage and prepare for rescue operations if needed.

Around 300,000 residents told to evacuate as government deploys 3,600 soldiers for disaster recovery