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The July 28 Kyushu earthquake

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Where it stands

By July 31, the reported death toll had risen to 30, with more than 800 buildings damaged and over 120 homes destroyed. Rescuers were still searching aftershocks for a trapped survivor; the reports do not say that rescue and recovery operations have concluded.

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    1. Update 1After the Quake Came the Blast: 34 Dead in Kumamoto Mall Collapse
    2. Update 236 Dead in Kumamoto: Shindo-7 Quake, Mall Collapse, Then Deadly Heat

    The story so far

    1. Update 243 hours later

      36 Dead in Kumamoto: Shindo-7 Quake, Mall Collapse, Then Deadly Heat

      A shindo-7 quake flattened a mall, cut water for 79,000 households, and pushed the toll from 18 to 36 in four days — with heat, not rubble, claiming the last counted life.

      Still open after this report

      • No source confirms 30 dead on July 31, 120 houses destroyed, 800+ buildings damaged, a trapped survivor in Yatsushiro, or a verbatim week-long JMA aftershock warning.

    2. Update 1

      After the Quake Came the Blast: 34 Dead in Kumamoto Mall Collapse

      Sources disagree on whether the July 28 Kumamoto quake was 6.8 or 7.1, but agree on what followed: an explosion, a mall collapse, and a toll that rose to 34.

      Still open after this report

      • No confirmed cause of the mall explosion, exact quake time, or reconciled magnitude has been established.
      • No full breakdown of dead by location or final missing count is established in these sources.

    History

    1. Opened1 report

    Who's involved

    People

    • Sanae TakaichiJapanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 20252 reports

    Places

    • KumamotoKumamoto, Japan2 reports
    • Aeon Mall KumamotoJapan, 〒861-3106 Kumamoto, Kamimashiki District, Kashima, Uejima, 字長池２２３２1 report
    • HikawaHikawa, Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto, Japan1 report
    • KashimaKashima, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto, Japan1 report
    • Kumamoto Airport1802-2 Oyatsu, Mashiki, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto 861-2204, Japan1 report
    • KyushuKyushu, Japan1 report
    • Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Yatsushiro Mill1-1 Jūjōmachi, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto 866-0823, Japan1 report
    • YatsushiroYatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan1 report

    Every outlet we read on this story

    19 sources11 outlets2 videos1 wire copy