More than 40,000 without power across Kyushu island, says energy provider
Summary
Many people are trapped inside a Japanese shopping centre after an earthquake, the fire service says
One witness reported the second floor of the mall in Kumamoto collapsing - BBC Verify has looked at some of the images from the site
Reports in Japan say 20 to 30 shopping centre staff may be missing - but the figure has not been confirmed
Elsewhere in the Kumamoto prefecture, people are reported missing at a paper factory after a chimney collapsed
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit inland on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT), causing power cuts, damaged roads, a collapsed castle wall, and a destroyed footbridge
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