00:02A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Tuesday.
00:07The tremor occurred a few minutes before 4:30 p.m. on the island of Kyushu
00:13and reached the maximum level 7 on the Shindo seismic intensity scale.
00:18Initial reports indicate that at least 12 buildings collapsed.
00:23and several people were trapped in a shopping center where the second floor collapsed.
00:29There are also dozens hospitalized, power outages, fires, and damaged roads and bridges.
00:37Japan is one of the countries most exposed to earthquakes in the world
00:41because it is located at the junction of four large tectonic plates
00:45along the western edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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