A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing at least one person with several dozen missing.
This picture shows an aerial view of houses damaged by a landslide in Atsuma town, Hokkaido prefecture on September 6, 2018, after an earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. – A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing at least one person with several dozen missing. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT / RSS
This picture shows an aerial view of houses damaged by a landslide in Atsuma town, Hokkaido prefecture on September 6, 2018, after an earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. – A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing at least one person with several dozen missing. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT / RSS
This picture shows an aerial view of a road damaged by a landslide in Atsuma town, Hokkaido prefecture on September 6, 2018, after an earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. – A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing at least one person with several dozen missing. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT / RSS
Police search missing persons around houses destroyed by a landslide after an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. A powerful earthquake rocked Japans northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides that crushed homes, knocking out power across the island, and forcing a nuclear power plant to switch to a backup generator. (Kyodo News via AP) / RSS
Police search for missing persons around a house destroyed by a landslide after an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Several people were reported missing in the nearby the town, where a massive landslide engulfed homes in an avalanche of soil, rocks and timber. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP) / RSS
Police, in blue with yellow uniform, search for missing persons around a house destroyed by a landslide after a powerful earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Several people were reported missing in the nearby the town, where a massive landslide engulfed homes in an avalanche of soil, rocks and timber. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP) / RSS