People trapped after shopping centre partly collapses in 7.1 Japan quake
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's Kyushu island, causing building collapses and trapping individuals in a shopping center and a factory. Emergency services are conducting rescue operations, while tsunami advisories were briefly issued and subsequently lifted.
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<p>A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people injured or missing after part of a shopping centre and a huge chimney at a paper factory collapsed, officials said. A tsunami advisory was issued but quickly lifted.</p> <p>There were fears that at least two people were dead.</p> <p>In Kashima Town, the quake collapsed the second floor of the Aeon Mall shopping centre, trapping an unknown number of people there, according to the fire department in the prefectural capital of Kumamoto.</p> <p><b></b><a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/player/newsclip/footage-shows-explosion-at-mall-after-68-magnitude-japan-quake" target="_blank"><b>Footage shows explosion at mall after 6.8 magnitude Japan quake - watch on TVNZ+</b></a></p> <p>Four people were pulled out with injuries and taken to a hospital, while 10 others were unaccounted for, the Kumamoto prefectural emergency response team said.
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