Earthquake shakes Japan’s Osaka, 2 dead

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The effect of the Osaka earthquake in a wine shop

At least two persons, including a child, were killed on Monday, after a strong earthquake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka during the morning rush hour, the government said.

Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga confirmed the deaths of a child and a man, and said a third person was also feared dead in the quake.

“At this point we have information that two people died,” he told reporters, adding that 20 people had been injured.

Local police said the child was a nine-year-old girl who died in the city of Takatsuki, north of Osaka city, with media reporting she was trapped when a wall collapsed on her at school following the 5.3-magnitude quake.

Public broadcaster NHK said the man was an 80-year-old who had also been killed by a collapsing wall, and that the third fatality was a man trapped under a bookcase in his home.

There were no immediate reports of major damage and no tsunami warning was issued after the powerful…



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