A magnitude 6,8 earthquake struck the Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people. Some remain trapped under the rubble while thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate their homes.
Japanese rescue workers are in a race against time to find survivors under the ruins left by the earthquake that struck Kyushu on Tuesday. The provisional death toll stands at at least 13, but authorities anticipate the number of victims will rise in the coming hours.
Twenty-four hours after the first tremor, people are still missing. Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate their homes, which have been rendered unsafe or destroyed by the earthquake.
The human toll remains difficult to establish precisely, as rescue teams continue their operations in the most affected areas of the island.
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