At Least Nine Dead, 760 Hospitalized After Magnitude 6.5 Quake Hits Japan
At least nine people were killed in Japan when a 6.5-magnitude earthquake occurred near the city of Kumamoto in the south of the country, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Over 760 people were hospitalized after the earthquake, according to Suga.
“After the earthquake in Kumamoto 14,000 families were left without electricity,” the chief cabinet secretary said, adding that 20,000 families were left without water and 6,000 families — without gas.
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