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| Earthquake topples houses in southern Japan | |
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| An earthquake has struck southern Japan, bringing down several houses, a top government spokesman says. | |
| No tsunami warning was issued after the quake, measured at a preliminary magnitude of 6.4. | No tsunami warning was issued after the quake, measured at a preliminary magnitude of 6.4. |
| The earthquake struck at 21:26 (1226 GMT) east of Kumamoto city, on the island of Kyushu, the Japan Meteorological Agency says. | |
| The Sendai and Genkai nuclear plants on Kyushu are reported to be operating as normal. | The Sendai and Genkai nuclear plants on Kyushu are reported to be operating as normal. |
| No casualties have yet been confirmed though police in Kumamoto prefecture say people may be trapped in collapsed houses. | |
| The quake struck at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles) and was followed 40 minutes later by an aftershock measuring 5.7. | |
| An official in Uki, a city in Kumamoto prefecture, told the Associated Press news agency that the walls of some houses had collapsed, in addition to part of the city hall's ceiling. | |
| Japanese state broadcaster NHK said a fire had broken out at a building in Mashiki, another town in the prefecture. | |
| It also reported (in Japanese) that one woman had been found unconscious, in a serious condition, under a collapsed building in Mashiki. | |
| Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said several houses had collapsed but officials were still assessing the damage, Reuters news agency reports. | |
| Some train services were suspended as a precautionary measure. | Some train services were suspended as a precautionary measure. |
| Japan is regularly struck by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that damage usually does not occur. | Japan is regularly struck by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that damage usually does not occur. |
| A magnitude 9 earthquake struck northeast Japan in March 2011, triggering tsunami waves in a double disaster that left more than 18,000 people dead or missing and led to meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. |