JAPAN EARTHQUAKE INJURES 50 AND TRAPS ‘MANY PEOPLE’ INSIDE SHOPPING MALL

Deaths expected as Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildings A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured. Some are trapped and presumed dead inside a shopping mall.

World news | The Guardian reports that deaths expected as Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildings A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured.

The report adds: Some are trapped and presumed dead inside a shopping mall.

The earthquake hit the Kumamoto prefecture on the southern Kyushu island late on Tuesday afternoon, knocking out power to thousands of homes and damaging roads, bridges and buildings.

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