<P> Foreshock: 9 dead, 1,108 injured Mainshock: 41 dead, 2,021 injured </P> <Tr> <Th> * Deprecated </Th> <Td> See documentation . </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes (Japanese: 平成 28 年 熊本 地震, Hepburn: Heisei 28 - nen Kumamoto jishin) are a series of earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock which struck at 01: 25 JST on April 16, 2016 (16: 25 UTC on April 15) beneath Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu Region, Japan, at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), and a foreshock earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 at 21: 26 JST (12: 26 UTC) on April 14, 2016, at a depth of about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi). </P> <P> The two earthquakes killed at least 50 people and injured about 3,000 others in total . Severe damage occurred in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, with numerous structures collapsing and catching fire . More than 44,000 people were evacuated from their homes due to the disaster . </P>

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