Tran Van Son, a Vietnamese technical intern working at a factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, had recently become a father befor

The devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest Japan's Kumamoto on Tuesday, killing 13 people and injuring hundreds, resulted from a relatively rarer type of inland seismic activity, scientists say. At about 4.27pm local time, the quake struck the island of Kyushu in southern Japan, with its epicentre traced to Kumamoto Prefecture.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's Kyushu region, causing a partial shopping center collapse in Kashima, widespread transit halts, and dozens of injuries.

The centuries-old castle, one of the country’s best-known, was also affected by the region’s 2016 earthquakes.

Footage shows newsroom staff taking cover as a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto in southwestern Japan, killing 13 people.

KUMAMOTO: The Kumamoto prefectural disaster response headquarters said Friday one more death had been confirmed following Tuesday's powerful earthquake, bringing the death toll to 35, including one whose connection to the disaster is under investigation.

A church in Kumamoto has conducted a funeral service for a Vietnamese national killed in the powerful earthquake that struck the prefecture on Tuesday. Twenty-four-year-old Tran Van Son was working at a factory in Kosa Town at the time of the quake.