MASHIKI, Japan — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region and killed nine people ...

At least nine people died when an earthquake shook southwestern Japan’s Kyushu island late Thursday, the Kumamoto Prefecture disaster management office said.

At least nine people died when an earthquake shook southwestern Japan’s Kyushu island late Thursday, the Kumamoto Prefecture disaster management office said.

Mashiki, Japan (AP) -- At least nine people have been killed and more than 800 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters after a meeting of the earthquake emergency disaster response team at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, April 15, 2016.

Deadly earthquake strikes Japan, collapsing houses Updated on: April 14, 2016 / 7:51 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...

Stranded people gather outside a town hall of Mashiki, after an earthquake in Kumamoto, southern Japan, Thursday, April 14, 2016. Kyodo News via AP At least two people were killed and 45 injured ...

In 2011, Japan was struck by the so-called triple disaster: an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

A strong earthquake hit Japan’s southern island of Kyushu early on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, in the same region that was struck by a temblor that killed nine people 28 hours earlier.