Japan earthquake: death toll at 42 as rescuers seek missing

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Rescuers continue a search operation at an apartment which the first floor was crashed by an earthquake, in Minamiaso, Kumamoto, southern Japan Saturday, April 16, 2016. A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region. (Muneyuki Tomari/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
Published April 17, 2016 at 5:02 PM
Updated April 17, 2016 at 7:42 PM

11 people were reported missing in southern Japan, following its two powerful earthquakes. The death toll has risen to 42.
Japanese rescuers are being joined by members of the 50-thousand-strong U.S. military based in the country. Overnight rainfall brought misery to many who have evacuated their homes.
But it did not cause any more landslides, as had been feared, and skies have cleared. More than a-thousand buildings have been damaged.
CCTV’s Terrence Terashima filed this report from quake zone in Southern Japan.

CCTV talked to David Rothery, professor of Geosciences at the open university, on the recent earthquakes happened in Japan and Ecuador.