Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 23 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts
Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23.
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The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu has injured at least 62, the prefectural government said. Up to 23 feared dead in Japan quake. The powerful earthquake that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in southwestern Japan earlier this week has killed at least 23 people, the Kumamoto prefectural government said Thursday.
Furthermore, The quake left at least 63 people injured, five of them seriously, the prefectural government said.
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The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu has injured at least 62, the prefectural government said.
according to The Guardian — International Edition +2Up to 23 feared dead in Japan quake.
according to New Straits TimesKUMAMOTO: Up to 23 people were feared dead on Thursday after a major earthquake in Japan, with four bodies now pulled out from the tangled wreckage of a shopping mall ripped apart by a suspected massive gas explosion
according to New Straits TimesThe powerful earthquake that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in southwestern Japan earlier this week has killed at least 23 people, the Kumamoto prefectural government said Thursday.
according to The IndependentThe quake left at least 63 people injured, five of them seriously, the prefectural government said.
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