Death toll from southwestern Japan quake climbs to 34 as rescuers again search damaged mall

The death toll has climbed to 34 from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes, the Kumamoto prefectural government says

Death toll from southwestern Japan quake climbs to 34 as rescuers search damaged mall  Toronto Star

The death toll has climbed to 34 from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes, the Kumamoto prefectural government says

Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday. The number of people missing was unclear.

The death toll from a landslide in southwestern China this month has risen to 51 after search crews ended a search on land, local authorities said Thursday. Ten people remain missing.

Residents in southwestern Japan camped in classrooms and vehicles Thursday, stocked up on water and tried to get back to normal, two days after a powerful quake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in a disaster that killed at least 25

Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 quake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes

Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday.

The number of those missing was unclear after the quake left at least 63 people injured, five of them seriously.

Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23  AP News

The Kumamoto Prefectural Government on Thursday said six people are in critical condition and five others seriously injured.

Rescuers continue to search the wreckage of an Aeon Mall complex that collapsed during the earthquake.

TOUGH CONDITIONS: More than 8,800 residents sought refuge as utilities failed and crews, including some from Taiwan, helped searched for survivors AP and Reuters, KUMAMOTO and YATSUSHIRO, Japan Add TT as Preferred Source Soldiers and emergency workers yesterday combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed

CNN visits mall that collapsed after Japan quake  CNN

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously.

After a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan on July 28, the country's prime minister said 13 people had died so far and many were injured. The rescue work is ongoing to find those still missing. The earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu, forcing over 260,000 people to evacuate. Roa

Death Toll Rises To 18 As Rescuers Comb Through Quake Rubble In Southwestern Japan  HuffPost

7.1-magnitude jolt rocked southern Japan on Tuesday

The powerful earthquake that rocked southern Japan has killed at least 18 people and more remain missing in a damaged shopping mall and a paper factory.

KUMAMOTO -- Two people were unresponsive, two others were seriously injured and seven remained missing at a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant after a

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

Dozens more remain trapped underneath the rubble as authorities race against the clock to save as many people as possible during the critical 72 hour rescue period. The tremor is the most powerful to hit the region in 10 years since a 7.0 magnitude quake recorded in 2016.

The 7.1-magnitude quake struck southwestern Japan on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 13 people, seriously injuring seven and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power amid widespread damage.

A major earthquake that severely damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least 13 people, officials said Wednesday, as rescuers desperately tried to reach survivors feared trapped in the wreckage.

KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least 13 people near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto and rescuers are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday.

1 min readJul 29, 2026 08:08 AM IST Person on a bike passes by collapsed houses, a day after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture (Photo/AP) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that 13 people were confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto. “There are pe

Japan quake toll rises to 13 as rescuers haul people from collapsed mall  Reuters

A major earthquake that severely damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least 13 people, offficials said Wednesday, as rescuers desperately tried to reach survivors feared trapped in the wreckage.

Dozens of people were hospitalized after the earthquake hit southern Japan. According to media reports, many are feared dead after a shopping mall partially collapsed in the town of Kashima.