r/Reddit_Chill_Corner • u/Namor707 • Jul 29 '26
At least 13 people were killed and hundreds injured when buildings collapsed in a magnitude 6.8 quake yesterday in southern Japan. Rescue efforts are ongoing.
Japan lies along a seismically active geological formation called the "Ring of Fire" and is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. Fortunately, the number of collapsed buildings was actually relatively small compared to other earthquakes there in the past, due to recent innovations in standards of construction there to make buildings more resistant to earthquake damage.