Rescuers scramble to locate survivors as death toll climbs to 13 after powerful quake hits southwestern Japan

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) - A major quake that badly damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least five people, emergency services said on Wednesday.

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.

"Many people" were feared trapped in a stricken shopping mall in Japan late on Tuesday, authorities said, after a major earthquake toppled buildings, sparked fires and reportedly injured more than 100.

Death toll from Chongqing landslide in southwestern China climbs to 41  Toronto Star

Teams in southwestern China have identified 30 more victims from a recent landslide, bringing the death toll in Chongqing to 41

Teams in southwestern China have identified 30 more victims from a recent landslide, bringing the death toll in Chongqing to 41

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

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Paper Industries Co. said Tuesday that a smokestack at its plant in Kumamoto Prefecture was badly damaged, with the upper part

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.

Powerful quake hits southern Japan, deaths feared in shopping mall explosion  Dawn