Multiple people trapped inside shopping centre in Japan after earthquake – live updates

An ⁠earthquake ​with ⁠a ⁠preliminary magnitude ​of ‌7.1 ‌struck ‌the country’s Kumamoto prefectureThe Japanese government ⁠issued emergency earthquake warnings for Kumamoto, Nagasaki, ​Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, ‌Oita, and Miyazaki ‌prefectures, all on the country’s southern Kyushu ‌island.Japan is one of the world’s most seismically active countries, sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific “ring of fire”. Continue reading...