'Earth ripping itself apart': Kumamoto resident describes 'violent' quake | ABC NEWS

A major earthquake in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has killed at least 13 people and left more missing.
Kumamoto resident and disaster resilience researcher Andrew Mitchell experienced the magnitude-7.1 quake, which he noted was powerful enough to cause structural damage despite Japan's "stringent" building codes.
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