Japan earthquake searches continue into night, with people missing in mall and collapsed factory

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Japan earthquake searches continue into night, with people missing in mall and collapsed factory​

• Japan's fire service says many people are trapped in a shopping centre after an earthquake in Kumamoto - one witness reported the second floor collapsing
• The earthquake - estimated at 6.8 magnitude by the US Geological Survey - hit inland on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT) on Tuesday
• A Japanese official has told the BBC that people are unaccounted for at the shopping centre, and at a factory after a chimney collapsed
• The solid ground just suddenly turned into a mass that was moving, one eyewitness tells the BBC
• Local media reports say 20 to 30 shopping centre staff may be missing - but that figure has not been confirmed
• Dramatic footage from inside a shop shows children crying and products all over the floor

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1. In pictures: Rescue operation at collapsed Aeon Mall continuespublished at 12:57
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   Searches are continuing long into the night in south-western Japan, where emergency personnel are scouring the collapsed structure of the Aeon Mall.
   
   
   
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Japan earthquake searches continue into night, with people missing in mall and collapsed factory

One witness reported seeing the second floor of the shopping centre collapse, after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kyushu island in south-west Japan.

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