Earthquake in South Japan

9 people are reported dead and over 750 injured after a shindou 7 earrthquake has struck Kyushu island. The list of heavy aftershocks in the 12 hours since the initial earthquake is long. The Public Works Research Institute is conducting a conference, serving as a disaster response headquarters.

Japantoday: The nine dead are three men and four women aged between 54-94 in Mashiki, and a 29-year-old man and 68-year-old woman in the Higashi Ward of Kumamoto City. As of 5 a.m., at least 765 people were being treated for injuries, of which 53 were serious, while about 44,400 people were taking shelter at about 500 sites in the prefecture, according to the prefectural government. The strong quake resulted in collapsed houses and fires in the prefecture, according to local authorities. No abnormalities have been found at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture or the Genkai nuclear power plant in nearby Saga Prefecture, according to operator Kyushu Electric Power Co and the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

BBC: About 16,000 homes were left without electricity and 38,000 without gas, reports say.

Japantimes: According to Kumamoto poilce, the four men and five women killed in the quake are: Toshiaki Ito, 61, Fujito Aramaki, 84, Masataka Murakami, 61, Tatsuya Sakamoto, 29, Sueko Fukumoto, 54, Yoko Miyamori, 55, Tomoko Tomita, 89, Hanae Murakami, 94 and Yumiko Matsumoto, 68.

The areas where the shindou 7 earthquake of 21:32, 14 April 2016 on Kyushu island, Japan, was felt:

42 earthquakes have occurred in the 12 hours after the initial shindou 7 earthquake, ranging from shindou 2 to 6+, and magnitude 3.0 to 6.4. The most notable aftershocks are:

01:56 JST 15 Apr 2016	01:53 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.8	5-
00:09 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:03 JST 15 Apr 2016	M6.4	6+
22:43 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:38 JST 14 Apr 2016	M5.0	5-
22:12 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:07 JST 14 Apr 2016	M5.7	6-

The table below provides an overview of the JMA records:

Issued at	Observed at	Magnitude	Maximum seismic intensity
			(JMA Seismic Intensity)
09:06 JST 15 Apr 2016	09:02 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.8	3
07:58 JST 15 Apr 2016	07:55 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.2	3
07:51 JST 15 Apr 2016	07:46 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.4	4
07:33 JST 15 Apr 2016	07:30 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.2	4
07:23 JST 15 Apr 2016	07:20 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.5	3
06:28 JST 15 Apr 2016	06:24 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.0	3
05:35 JST 15 Apr 2016	05:32 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.8	3
05:13 JST 15 Apr 2016	05:10 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.6	4
05:05 JST 15 Apr 2016	05:01 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.5	3
04:23 JST 15 Apr 2016	04:19 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.1	3
03:41 JST 15 Apr 2016	03:37 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.1	4
02:17 JST 15 Apr 2016	02:14 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.2	3
02:02 JST 15 Apr 2016	01:59 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.6	3
01:56 JST 15 Apr 2016	01:53 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.8	5-
01:24 JST 15 Apr 2016	01:21 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.0	3
01:08 JST 15 Apr 2016	01:04 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.9	3
00:58 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:53 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.8	4
00:53 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:50 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.2	4
00:51 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:47 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.3	3
00:38 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:34 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.5	4
00:23 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:20 JST 15 Apr 2016	M4.0	3
00:17 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:13 JST 15 Apr 2016	M3.9	3
00:09 JST 15 Apr 2016	00:03 JST 15 Apr 2016	M6.4	6+
23:47 JST 14 Apr 2016	23:43 JST 14 Apr 2016	M5.0	4
23:32 JST 14 Apr 2016	23:28 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.4	4
23:04 JST 14 Apr 2016	23:00 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.3	3
22:54 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:51 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.5	3
22:51 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:47 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.5	3
22:46 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:43 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.3	4
22:43 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:38 JST 14 Apr 2016	M5.0	5-
22:35 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:31 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.3	3
22:30 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:26 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.6	3
22:27 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:22 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.6	4
22:23 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:19 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.3	3
22:20 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:16 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.2	4
22:15 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:09 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.3	4
22:12 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:07 JST 14 Apr 2016	M5.7	6-
22:07 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:03 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.3	2
22:04 JST 14 Apr 2016	22:00 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.0	2
21:58 JST 14 Apr 2016	21:53 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.0	4
21:48 JST 14 Apr 2016	21:42 JST 14 Apr 2016	M4.9	4
21:44 JST 14 Apr 2016	21:37 JST 14 Apr 2016	M3.9	4
21:36 JST 14 Apr 2016	21:26 JST 14 Apr 2016	M6.4	7
21:32 JST 14 Apr 2016	21:26 JST 14 Apr 2016	M6.4	7