Please pray for the people of southern Japan hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake

Japan earthquake kills nine; more aftershocks expected

At least nine people died when an earthquake struck Japan late Thursday, the Kumamoto Prefecture disaster management office said.

Search crews scrambled to dig through rubble in southern Japan, looking for people trapped under collapsed buildings.

The magnitude-6.2 quake struck near Ueki, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Dozens of smaller aftershocks followed. Read More

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Kumamoto Prefecture is a densely populated area on Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan.