{"id":518231,"date":"2026-07-28T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/several-dead-in-a-shopping-center-due-to-the-7-1-earthquake-in-kumamoto-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:09:39","slug":"several-dead-in-a-shopping-center-due-to-the-7-1-earthquake-in-kumamoto-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/several-dead-in-a-shopping-center-due-to-the-7-1-earthquake-in-kumamoto-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Several dead in a shopping center due to the 7.1 earthquake in Kumamoto (Japan)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A violent <strong>7.1-magnitude<\/strong> earthquake struck the island of <strong>Kyushu<\/strong>, in southwestern Japan, this Tuesday, leaving a critical emergency situation following the partial collapse of a commercial complex. The tremor occurred at 16:27 local time and reached the <strong>maximum level of seven<\/strong> on the Japanese Shindo seismic scale, a system that measures the intensity of shaking and its destructive potential on buildings and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most serious tragedy has been concentrated in a shopping center in the region, where the <strong>second floor of the building collapsed<\/strong> in a matter of seconds, leaving dozens of people trapped under the rubble. The TBS television network has reported a <strong>&#8220;considerable&#8221; number of fatalities<\/strong> inside the complex, while witnesses claimed to have heard a loud explosion before the collapse. Emergency teams are working intensely on the rescue, while at least fifty injured people have already been taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impact on regional infrastructure has been massive. Prime Minister <strong>Sanae Takaichi<\/strong> reported urban fires, bridges with structural damage, and the collapse of at least a dozen homes. In addition, a freight train derailed and numerous cracks have opened in the asphalt of the roads. In <strong>Kumamoto<\/strong> prefecture, the company Kyushu Electric Power reported that some <strong>45,000 households<\/strong> remain without electricity supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the magnitude of the event, the Japan Meteorological Agency lifted an initial tsunami warning after confirming that the movement occurred inland. Likewise, it has been confirmed that <strong>there are no anomalies at the nuclear power plants<\/strong> in the area; the operational reactors continue to function normally, a piece of information of particular relevance for public peace of mind following the memory of Fukushima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This disaster has struck a region that still remembers the fateful earthquakes of 2016, which caused 273 deaths. Located on the <strong>Pacific Ring of Fire<\/strong>, Japan accounts for 18% of the world&#8217;s earthquakes, which forces its population to be in a state of constant vigilance against a threat that is part of their daily life.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/autor\/lucas-de-la-cal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A violent 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the island of Kyushu, in southwestern Japan, this Tuesday, leaving a critical emergency situation following the partial collapse of a commercial complex. The tremor occurred at 16:27 local time and reached the maximum level of seven on the Japanese Shindo seismic scale, a system that measures the intensity of shaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":518232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aOz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-56-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-56-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}