Earthquake in Japan, At least k!lled 2

At least two people died and 19 houses collapsed after an earthquake struck Japan late Thursday — and the threat of aftershocks is far from over.
Search crews scrambled to dig through rubble in southern Japan, looking for people trapped under collapsed buildings Thursday night.
The magnitude-6.2 quake struck near Ueki, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Dozens of smaller aftershocks followed.
“The ground shook for about 20 seconds before the 6.2-magnitude quake stopped,” witness Lim Ting Jie said.
The two deaths occurred in Mashiki, the Kumamoto Prefecture Disaster Management Office said. One person died in a collapsed house, and the other died in a fire caused by the quake.


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