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DISASTERELEVATEDJul 28 · Jul 28, 2026, 3:24 PM

‘I was quite scared’: Hongkonger in Japan’s quake-hit Kumamoto describes shock

South China Morning Post

A Hongkonger has described being “quite scared” as a 7.1-magnitude quake shook Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture where she and her boyfriend were travelling, while the city’s travel authority confirmed that about 200 members of tour groups visiting the region were all safe. Leon Chan, 18, recounted to the South China Morning Post that she and her boyfriend had just got off a bus on the west side of Kumamoto city when the quake hit on Tuesday afternoon. The epicentre was about 20km (12.4...

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