Japan quake kills at least 3 after mall blast and building collapse in Kumamoto

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.

Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 quake registered up to a shindo 7, the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale.

An Aeon mall in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture was damaged in an earthquake on July 28, with authorities saying many people could be trapped inside. © KyodoAKANE OKUTSUJuly 28, 2026 17:05 JSTUpdated on July 29, 2026 04:23 JSTTOKYO -- More than two dozen people may be trapped inside a mall in Japan's southwestern prefectur

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- About 20 to 30 people, including shopping mall workers, may be trapped inside a mall building after an explosion Tuesday in quake-hit

At least one person who was found in a collapsed house was killed, and about 50 others were injured on Tuesday in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture caused widespread power outages, road damage, and casualties

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