News Wrap: Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 34

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The number dead in Japan's earthquake has risen to 34 - as 9,000 remain in temporary shelters in searing heat.

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck southern Japan, killing at least 34 people and causing widespread damage. DW has more.

The earthquake struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday with a magnitude of 7.1.

KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 31 (Reuters) - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit southwestern Japan earlier this week rose to 34 on Friday from 25 previously, the Kumamoto prefecture government said in a statement.

Nearly half of those killed were caught up in two major incidents: Nippon Paper Industries' paper mill, which suffered major structural damage, and Aeon's shopping mall, where a possible gas explosion occurred

Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 34  Reuters

At least 34 people have been killed after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, with 9,000 others displaced across the country's south-west.

Thousands of people spent another night at evacuation centers set up throughout the area in gymnasiums and other big spaces. Some homes were still without water or electricity.

Authorities revised up the death toll from a powerful 7.0 magnitude quake in Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan to 34, with another 89 injured.

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.

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 …

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.

Death toll in Japan quake rises to 28The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan earlier this week has risen to 30. The 7.1-magnitude quake caused widespread destruction, triggering an explosion at a shopping mall, toppling a factory chimney and flattening homes in the city of Yatsushiro,

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

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

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