00:00A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kumamoto prefecture, Japan on Tuesday afternoon,
00:07causing a shopping complex floor to collapse in Kashima town and leaving people trapped inside.
00:12The offshore tremor triggered a brief tsunami warning and caused widespread structural damage,
00:18killing one person in a house, collapsed and sending around 50 people to hospital.
00:23In response to the emergency, Prime Minister Sanaya Takaichi established a national task force
00:28and advised 150,000 residents across seven prefectures on the island of Kyushu to seek refuge in shelters.
00:36While infrastructure suffered heavy disruption, leaving 48,000 households without electricity and suspending Shinkansen bullet trains,
00:44nuclear authorities reported no irregularities at three nearby power plants.
00:50The strong tremor was felt as far away as Busan, South Korea,
00:54in a region heavily affected by major seismic activity 10 years ago.
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