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Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble in southwestern Japan

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Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble in southwestern Japan

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors on Wednesday (July 29, 2026) after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern Japan. Also read: Japan earthquake updates on July 29, 2026 The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in…

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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Japan’s Kyushu region, tsunami advisory issued

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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Japan’s Kyushu region, tsunami advisory issued

A screengrab showing the epicentre of the earthquake on July 28, 2026. Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) afternoon and a tsunami advisory was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The quake occurred at the…

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