Rescue mission intensifies after Japan quake

Rescuers are frantically searching for survivors of a powerful earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people

Epicentre Quake hits at 16:27 local time (07:27GMT) on July 28

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Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Sasebo
Fukuoka
Miyazaki
Oita
Kagoshima
KYUSHU ISLAND
JAPAN
East China Sea
PACIFIC OCEAN

50km
30 miles


Shake intensity
Light
Severe

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported earthquake had 7.1 magnitude, which U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) later measured as 6.8

Sources: USGS, JMA
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