Powerful earthquake strikes southern Japan, causing destruction

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It was the country’s most intense quake since 2024.

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An aerial view shows the damaged Aeon Mall shopping centre in the town of Kashima, Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Tuesday. (Kyodo/Reuters)

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island in the southwestern part of the country on Tuesday, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, with reports of at least 50 injuries along with collapsed buildings, damaged roads, fires and power outages.

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