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Death toll in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture earthquake rises to 28
The death toll from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto in southern Japan on July 28 has risen to 28. While search and rescue operations continue in the region, tens of thousands of people are without electricity and water.
The death toll from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan on July 28 has risen to 28.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru said at a press conference after the earthquake that search and rescue operations are continuing as 'a race against time.'
Regarding industrial facilities in the region, Kihara noted that Kumamoto is home to many major semiconductor, electronic component and automobile manufacturers, saying, 'We are assessing the extent of the damage. It is still difficult to say anything definitive about the impact on the local economy.'
According to the official Kyodo news agency, Kumamoto officials reported that approximately 10,000 people are staying in evacuation centers after the earthquake, with 23,000 households without electricity and 75,000 residences without water.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced that the earthquake occurred at 4:27 p.m. local time in the Uki and Hikawa areas, and that the magnitude 7.1 tremor was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The underground tremors caused fires, road and bridge collapses across the prefecture, leading to widespread destruction.
In Kumamoto, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in April 2016 killed 277 people.
Japan is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt with numerous volcanoes and plate collision zones, making it one of the countries with the highest earthquake risk in the world.
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