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Japan Earthquake Triggers Blast at Kumamoto Shopping Mall

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 1315695912.

Where
Kumamoto, JapanSomewhere in Kumamoto, Japan — the exact site is unknown. The coordinate is an area centre, not the event site.
When
Occurrence date not stated by reporting
Sourcing
3 articlesverification: corroborated
Satellite observability
observableOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

What imagery could confirm

  • collapsed/damaged buildings ~10m at Kumamoto, Japan

What remains unresolved

  • coordinate_not_search_ready
  • generic_region_coordinate
  • quality_not_passed
  • geo_not_ready

Sources

Related events

  • Earthquake in Kumamoto, JapanReads as another report of the same occurrence — the wording matches this event 82%, 15 km away, the same day. It was filed as a separate event, so the two were never grouped. · 2026-07-28
  • Mall collapse in KumamotoReads as another report of the same occurrence — the wording matches this event 80%, 15 km away, the same day. It was filed as a separate event, so the two were never grouped. · 2026-07-28
  • Collapsed Shopping MallGrouped into the same event cluster — a separate report of the same occurrence, not a separate event. · 2026-07-28
  • Japan EarthquakeGrouped into the same event cluster — a separate report of the same occurrence, not a separate event. · 2026-07-28
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bash
curl "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/events/1315695912/thread" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_YOUR_API_KEY"

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