A powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake jolted southern Japan today, killing an elderly woman, injuring at least 400 people, and prompting authorities to evacuate half the residents of a tiny island near the epicentre.

A powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Japan on today, injuring at least 155 people, damaging buildings and leaving residents shaken as aftershocks continued. Authorities issued a tsunami warning that was later cancelled.

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake rocked northern Japan this morning near the area where the country’s deadliest earthquake in a decade struck last month. At least eight people were injured.

A three-year-old girl buried in the rubble of an earthquake-triggered landslide in northern Japan was declared dead today, the day after rescuers pulled her younger brother alive from the wreckage.