At least 13 dead in Japan after powerful earthquake

A powerful magnitude seven point one earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on Japan's southern island of Kyushu on Tuesday, killing at least thirteen people, five of them at a factory, according to the country's Prime Minister. Many more were injured, and France 24 reports that rescue crews are still searching for those unaccounted for. Japan sits atop four major tectonic plates along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," making it one of the most seismically active countries on Earth.

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