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Search for survivors after powerful Japan quake kills 13
['Agence France Presse']
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Rescuers battled through the tangled wreckage of a Japanese shopping mall Wednesday searching for any trapped survivors after a big earthquake killed at least 13 people.
Around 130 police, 450 firefighters and 170 military personnel were involved in the rescue operation at the Aeon Mall Kumamoto, he said.
One user on X who said that they worked inside the mall recounted the moments after the quake hit.
Footage from inside the mall showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.
Kumamoto was hit by two devastating earthquakes in 2016, which killed 273 people and injured more than 2 800.