(Baonghean.vn) - The Kyushu island region of Japan has suffered two consecutive earthquakes in just a few days, causing huge losses in human life and property. Most of the buildings and bridges in Kumamoto city, the center of the two earthquakes, were destroyed.
The damage caused by the earthquake and rescue work in Japan was recorded by CNN reporters in the photo series below, please follow:
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| Rescue workers are taking care of an elderly woman in a state of panic after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on the morning of April 16 at the evacuation center of the gym in Mashiki town, Kumamoto, Japan. This is also the area where the 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred two days earlier. |
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| This building in Kumamoto tilted to one side after the April 16 earthquake. |
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| Doctors are preparing to evacuate patients at a Kumamoto city hospital to other locations, amid fears the hospital could collapse due to aftershocks from the earthquake. |
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| A road in Mashiki town was severely damaged after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake early this morning. |
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| Rescue teams are searching for victims trapped under a house collapsed by the earthquake. |
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| The woman was standing cleaning in front of her collapsed house. |
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| Another house in Mashiki after the earthquake. |
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| This young man is taking pictures of the earthquake-damaged stone walls of the ancient Kumamoto Castle ruins. |
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| People walk past a collapsed house after the first earthquake on April 14. |
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| Smoke rises from a house in Mashiki on April 15. |
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| Almost all the houses on both sides of this road collapsed after the first earthquake. |
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| Aerial view of damage to Kumamoto Castle. |
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| Mashiki's main road was also badly damaged. |
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| Kumamoto Castle is a major tourist attraction and one of Japan's important cultural heritage sites. |
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| A girl walks past a vending machine that was knocked over after the earthquake. |
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| A man stands in front of his house in Mashiki on April 15. |
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| Rescue workers rescue an 8-month-old baby girl from the rubble in Mashiki. |
Thanh Hien
According to CNN
