Overview
- A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, July 28, damaging buildings, sparking fires, and knocking out roads and bridges.
- Officials now report one person killed and more than 100 injured, with casualty and damage totals still being assessed by the government.
- Authorities ordered mass evacuations and sheltering that reached into the hundreds of thousands, and emergency centers received instructions from national agencies.
- Infrastructure was widely disrupted with about 40,000 households losing power, JR Kyushu suspending train services, Kumamoto Airport closing a runway, and mobile networks experiencing outages.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of continuing strong aftershocks and landslide danger for the coming week while regional nuclear plants reported no anomalies and major manufacturers evacuated staff from local facilities.