Dashcam captures moment of explosion at Aeon Mall after Kumamoto quake

KUMAMOTO -- Dashboard camera footage has captured the moment an explosion occurred at a mall following a major earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture on Ju

The new footage captured by a car dashcam as the vehicle passed the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto, Japan, shows debris being flung into the road following a suspected gas explosion

Natural disastersAeon's shopping complex was expected to provide shelter, food for locals in case of disasterA magnitude-7.1 earthquake that hit Japan's Kumamoto prefecture triggered an explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto. The shopping complex had been designated as an evacuation site for local residents in case of a natur

The Aeon mall destroyed in a post-quake explosion in southern Japan on Tuesday had just reopened last month.

Dashcam video shows shopping mall blast after Japan quake  CNN

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon. “There

KUMAMOTO (JAPAN) - A major quake that badly damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least five people, emergency services said on Wednesday.

Authorities respond to multiple incidents of buildings collapsing or catching fire. Some roads are badly damaged, and rail services are suspended and flights grounded.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto Prefecture, killing at least two people after an ⁠explosion tore through a shopping mall and another in a building collapse, while knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region.

The Aeon mall had reopened just last month after being rebuilt following the deadly 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, but was destroyed again in Tuesday's earthquake in Japan.

"Many people" were feared trapped in a stricken shopping mall in Japan late on Tuesday, authorities said, after a major earthquake toppled buildings, sparked fires and reportedly injured more than 100.

Destroyed Aeon mall had just reopened for 'fresh start' a decade on from deadly quake  Reuters

Authorities send 300,000 people to evacuation centers, 'quite a few' people said trapped in mall, after Kumamoto prefecture hit by 7.1-magnitude quake; tsunami warning lifted

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon and a tsunami advisory was temporarily issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Powerful quake hits southern Japan, deaths feared in shopping mall explosion  Dawn