00:00A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, July 28.
00:06This knocks out power from thousands of homes, snarling travel, and triggering evacuation orders
00:11and warnings for aftershocks. Public broadcaster NHK shows several buildings on fire or collapsed,
00:17large cracks along roads, including an elevated highway, and a derailed goods train.
00:22More than 150,000 people are also instructed to go to evacuation centers.
00:27Japanese Prime Minister Sanai Takaichi says the extent of casualties and property damage is being assessed.
00:33The Japanese government issues emergency earthquake warnings for Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, and Miyazaki prefectures.
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