{"id":518255,"date":"2026-07-28T10:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=518255"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:16:42","slug":"explosion-reported-at-japan-shopping-mall-after-powerful-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/explosion-reported-at-japan-shopping-mall-after-powerful-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion reported at Japan shopping mall after powerful earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several people were reported trapped inside a shopping center in Japan after an explosion occurred following a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the country&#8217;s southwest on Tuesday, according to local authorities and media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local media said the explosion occurred at an Aeon Mall in Kumamoto Prefecture shortly after the earthquake struck Kyushu Island at 4:27 p.m. local time. Emergency services said &#8220;many people&#8221; were trapped inside the shopping complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire officials also reported that the second floor of a shopping complex in the town of Kashima collapsed, leaving multiple people trapped beneath the debris as rescue operations got underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earthquake prompted officials to order about 300,000 residents to evacuate to shelters. A tsunami warning was briefly issued but was lifted less than an hour later. Authorities continue to assess the damage and search for those trapped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people were reported trapped inside a shopping center in Japan after an explosion occurred following a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the country&#8217;s southwest on Tuesday, according to local authorities and media reports. Local media said the explosion occurred at an Aeon Mall in Kumamoto Prefecture shortly after the earthquake struck Kyushu Island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":518256,"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":[95],"tags":[41116],"class_list":["post-518255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-japan"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aOX","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/AP26209404916586.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/AP26209404916586.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518255","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}