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Aerial footage on Tuesday (July 28) showed buildings on fire, overturned trains and major damage to a shopping mall in Kumamoto prefecture after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck southern Japan.Emergency crews were seen trying to douse large flames rising from burned out structures.The earthquake knocked out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and injuring at least 50 people, including some trapped inside a partially collapsed shopping mall.Multiple people were trapped inside an Aeon 8267.T shopping mall rocked by an explosion that occurred after the earthquake, emergency services said.An Aeon spokesperson said customers and employees were evacuated right after the initial quake and that the exact cause of the ensuing explosion was unclear.The quake’s epicentre was about 20 kilometres south of Kumamoto, central Kyushu island&#x27;s largest city with a population of around 700,000.A massive earthquake in Kumamoto 10 years ago killed 275 people and injured a further 2,739, according to an official count, and damaged thousands of buildings including the city&#x27;s castle, a top tourist site.Some portions of the stone walls at the castle also collapsed as a result of Tuesday&#x27;s quake, an official at the castle&#x27;s office said.

Aerial footage on Tuesday (July 28) showed buildings on fire, overturned trains and major damage to a shopping mall in Kumamoto prefecture after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck southern Japan.

Aerial footage on Tuesday (July 28) showed buildings on fire, overturned trains and major damage to a shopping mall in Kumamoto prefecture after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck southern Japan.

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Aerial footage shows burning buildings, overturned train after Japan quake

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Published July 28, 2026 11:06 PM PHT

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