Japan quake toll rises to 13
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The quake knocked out power to thousands of homes, stopped rail services and triggered warnings for tsunamis and aftershocks.
A massive explosion ripped through Aeon Mall in Kumamoto just weeks after its grand reopening, leaving up to 30 employees unaccounted for.
The centuries-old castle, one of the country’s best-known, was also affected by the region’s 2016 earthquakes.
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday morning, causing damage to buildings and numerous injuries and deaths.
Terrifying footage from inside a Costco in Japan shows panicked customers after a 7.1 earthquake sent goods from shelves crashing to the ground. There is some slight discrepancy about the quake’s