Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon Mall shopping centre in Kashima city, which was bustling with thousands of people when the quake happened. Fumika Ono was shopping at a mall with her older sister when the ground shook so fiercely she lost her balance and ducked. Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon Mall shopping centre in Kashima city, which was bustling with thousands of people when the quake happened. Japan’s Self-Defence Forces joined rescue workers in the search and rescue operations. Kumamoto was hit with a deadly quake in 2016 that killed at least 50 people.