Rescuers scramble to locate survivors as death toll climbs to 13 after powerful quake hits southwestern Japan

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people. The death toll from Japan’s Kyushu island quake rises to 13. military said it is using the port to deliver critically needed supplies and equipment to Venezuela

Dozens more remain trapped underneath the rubble as authorities race against the clock to save as many people as possible during the critical 72 hour rescue period. The tremor is the most powerful to hit the region in 10 years since a 7.0 magnitude quake recorded in 2016.