Japan earthquake: What we know so far

ByGeorge Wright and Ottilie MitchellJapan is reeling from the latest major earthquake to hit the country, which has left at least thirteen people dead, according to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.Rescuers are racing against time to find survivors trapped in the rubble, Takaichi said.Nineteen people were earlier reported missing at an Aeon shopping mall and a paper factory after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kyushu island, authorities said.The quake has also caused power cuts, damaged roads, collapsed a castle wall and destroyed a footbridge while local officials say 9,872 people have been evacuated. Information is still coming out of Japan but here is what we know so far.When and where in Japan was the earthquake?The quake hit Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT) on Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of people being told to move to evacuation shelters.The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1, which the US Geological Survey later measured as a 6.8. Quake magnitude figures are often updated as seismologists obtain and analyse new data.Kumamoto - where the collapsed Aeon Mall is located - is a city on the K...