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DISASTER● LOW2h ago · Oct 28, 2026, 12:56 AM

Over 1,000 still in Japan shelters 3 months after Kumamoto quake: ‘exhausted all the time’

South China Morning Post · east asia

More than 1,000 people are still taking shelter in evacuation centres, awaiting temporary housing three months after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, damaging their homes. The quake occurred at 4.27pm on July 28. As of Monday, the death toll stood at 38 – 36 from confirmed disaster-related causes and two suspected to be disaster-related – bringing the number of casualties to 420. Evacuation centres remain open at 21 locations in seven cities and towns. In...

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