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Police officers survey the damages in Mashiki, Kumamoto
Police officers survey the damages in Mashiki, Kumamoto Source: AAP

Rescue workers in Japan are continuing to search for survivors after the country was hit by two earthquakes in less than 48 hours. The second tremor struck early on Saturday; a magnitude 7.3 tremor that killed at least 32 people and injured around a thousand more in the province of Kumamoto (coo-mah-MO-to). It followed Thursday's magnitude 6 quake in which nine people died, with the total death toll so far standing at more than 40.


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Rescue workers in Japan are continuing to search for survivors after the country was hit by two earthquakes in less than 48 hours. The second tremor struck early on Saturday; a magnitude 7.3 tremor that killed at least 32 people and injured around a thousand more in the province of Kumamoto (coo-mah-MO-to). It followed Thursday's magnitude 6 quake in which nine people died, with the total death toll so far standing at more than 40.


michelle chen reports


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