Japan earthquake death toll rises to 34 as evacuees battle sweltering heat

The number of people who have died after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan has risen to 34, authorities in Kumamoto prefecture said on Thursday.

Many of the port city's roughly 58,000 households are still without running water or power

Rescue crews were working to find people who might still be trapped in a collapsed shopping mall, as the region faced sweltering heat.

Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan – an island nation that sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates, the constantly-shifting slabs of the Earth’s crust. It also lies on the “Ring of Fire,” a 25,000-mile arc that stretches around the Pacific, where the …

Hundreds of elderly people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city as they sought relief from the punishing heat.

Rescue efforts are continuing as time runs down on the critical 72 hour window for rescues following the quake. Officials have not detailed how many people were reported missing but local media say dozens remain unaccounted for.

Thousands of people are staying in evacuation centres, struggling to keep cool as temperatures soar.

Japan quake survivors battle thirst, heat as toll rises to 17  reuters.com

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors The death toll from the major earthquake that hit Japan on Tuesday has risen to 17, as the search for trapped survivors inside a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses in the cou

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

Southwestern Japan suffered an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on Tuesday, causing at least 18 fatalities and 62 injuries.

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

7.1-magnitude jolt rocked southern Japan on Tuesday

Authorities investigate possible explosion at Aeon shopping centre, power out for thousands of homes

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.

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people in southwestern Japan

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

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.

Death toll rises to 13 as rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake  Toronto Star

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan

Death toll rises to 13 as rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake  AP News