Rescue operation at Japan shopping mall destroyed in quake

Rescuers battled through the tangled wreckage of a Japanese shopping mall Wednesday searching for any trapped survivors after a big earthquake killed at least 13 people.

After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster  Reuters

After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster  Dawn

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

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.

Damage is seen to part of the Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Jul 29, 2026 after an earthquake struck the area. (Photo: AFP/Yuichi YAMAZAKI) 29 Jul 2026 07:02AM TOKYO: Two young women were found dead early Wednesday (Jul 29) in a mall badly damaged by a powerful earthquake and subsequent explosio

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

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.