AFTERMATH. The collapsed worship hall of Yatsushiro Shrine after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Yatsushiro City, on July 29, 2026.

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Here are some of the images in the aftermath of the powerful tremor

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Japan‘s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, July 28, leading to at least 17 deaths.

Rescue operations continued, with several people pulled from the rubble of the partially collapsed Aeon shopping mall near the city of Kumamoto that was torn apart by an explosion just over an hour after the earthquake.