Thousands of rescue workers are being deployed in the Kyushu region of south-western Japan to locate victims of a powerful earthquake
Saturday's earthquake was a further blow to residents already traumatised from the previous night's quake and more than 100 aftershocks
A landslide in Mimami-Aso, Kumamoto prefecture. The fear is that rainfall over the weekend will trigger more mudslides
Dozens of people are feared trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings - here rescuers carry a survivor, 93, on a stretcher covered in a plastic sheet
Red Cross staff treat the injured in a hospital in Kumamoto
Nearly 200,000 homes are without electricity, Japanese media reported, and drinking water systems have failed in many areas
Roads have been damaged and big landslides have been reported over a wide area
Thousands of people whose homes were destroyed spent the night on the streets and in parks - where they gathered under blankets with many looking exhausted and frightened
Parts of Kumamoto Castle have been damaged
There are fears that more damage can be expected because the latest earthquake had been shallower and the fault-line had been much longer
Experts say the ground surface in the quake-hit area would have moved in the region of 4-5m during intense shaking over a large part of the Kyushu region
Damage from Saturday's quake could be seen over a wide area with reports of fires, power cuts, collapsed bridges and even gaping holes in the earth
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