Reports of people trapped inside buildings after moment earthquake in as many nights in Kumamoto regionA powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck southern Japan,barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region and killed nine people.
The quake shook the Kumamoto region at 1.25am local time, and several aftershocks soon followed. Japan’s meteorological agency issued an advisory for a tsunami of up to one metre high along the coast west of the epicentre. The warning was lifted less than an hour later.
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Source: theguardian.com