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An official with the Meteorological Agency says seismic activity is increasing in Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures on Japan's southwestern Kyushu island after a major earthquake struck the region before dawn on Saturday.The agency held a news conference to discuss the situation in Kumamoto and surrounding prefectures.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed relevant Cabinet ministers to work on an all-out effort to rescue people stuck in collapsed buildings.He said bad weather is expected from Saturday evening in the Kyushu region and that officials and relief workers have to concentrate their efforts before darkness sets in
AFP news agency @AFP#UPDATE: Japan quake death toll jumps to 18: officials
Troops have been called in after a second, more powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, killing at least 19 people, toppling large buildings and causing a massive landslide just over a day after an earlier tremor left nine dead.Friday's earthquake was the second major tremor to rock Japan's south in 24 hours after a 6.2 quake hit near Mashiki town on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring about 1,000 others.Over 1,500 people have been injured, 80 of them seriously, by the two quakes on the southwestern Kyushu island, Yoshihide Suga, Japanese government spokesperson, said.
IFRC Asia Pacific@IFRCAsiaPacificJapanese Red Cross @JRCS_PR emergency teams from Kyushu & Shikoku deploy to support #JapanEarthquake relief efforts pic.twitter.com/8loc4XWhAq6:07am · 16 Apr 2016 A trauma patient is treated in the lobby of the @JRCS_PR Red Cross #Kumamoto hospital after 2nd #JapanEarthquake pic.twitter.com/5MYaPKJNxo5:54am · 16 Apr 2016
43 minutes ago From the section AsiaRescuers are in a "race against time" to find survivors of a powerful earthquake amid forecasts of heavy rain and cold overnight, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned.Mr Abe admitted rescue operations throughout the night in the Kyushu region "will be extremely difficult".At least 32 people have been killed and hundreds injured, with thousands forced to seek refuge outdoors and dozens still feared trapped beneath rubble.A quake on Thursday killed nine people.
Riyadh, April 16 (QNA) - A fire erupted Saturday in a petrochemical plant in eastern Saudi Arabia, killing 12 workers, a local official said.Eleven others were injured in the blaze, which broke out during maintenance works inside the factory in the Jubail industrial city, Saudi Press Agency SPA quoted Abdel-Rahman al Abdel Qader, the spokesman for a government commission in charge of the city as saying.Six of the injured are in a critical condition. The victims suffered from suffocation as a result of the smoke caused by the fire, which was later put out, he said.(QNA)
UNISDR @unisdr77 dead, 100s injured in 7.8 magnitude #Guayaquil #earthquake in #Ecuador #tsunami threat over #switch2sendai pic.twitter.com/jPUFjdGBXM
Robert Glasser @RobertGlasserUNState of emergency in Ecuador, death toll to rise #Guayaquil #earthquake #switch2sendai
Ecuador earthquake of 7.8 magnitude kills dozens11 minutes ago From the section Latin America & CaribbeanA powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has killed at least 77 people and injured more than 500, Vice-President Jorge Glas says.The quake, Ecuador's largest since 1979, hit at 18:58 on Saturday (23:58 GMT) near the northern town of Muisne.
Tokyo, April 17 (QNA) - The desperate search for survivors intensified on Sunday in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan's deadly earthquakes and authorities ordered nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes amid fears of further quake
The operator of the line says the major earthquakes in southwestern Japan have caused extensive damage to tracks and stations.Kyushu Railway Company said on Sunday that its emergency inspections had found damage at about 100 locations in the worst-hit Kumamoto Prefecture.Shinkansen services have been suspended since the quake on Thursday.A section of the line has become uneven in Kumamoto City.
Chicago Tribune @chicagotribuneEcuador earthquake kills at least 77, injures more than 570. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ecuador-earthquake-20160417-story.html
