Workers in a mall in southern Japan have described being thrown to the floor or enveloped in a cloud of dust by a massive 7.1-magnitude quake that rattled the building on Tuesday (local time). They were the lucky ones. An hour later, the real disaster struck.

Explosion at Kumamoto mall in southwestern Japan leaves people trapped, injured after major earthquake-

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, triggering widespread destruction, knocking out electricity to tens of thousands of…