Powerful earthquake hits Japan's Hokkaido, triggering massive landslides

By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2018-09-06 16:20:10

Rescue workers search for survivors from a house damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido Prefecture, on September 6, 2018.Photo: Kyodo News via Getty Images/VCG

Editor's Note:

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6. Landslides triggered by the earthquake brought down houses and killed four people, while 33 people remain missing. (Photos: VCG)

Several houses were destroyed by a landslide triggered by an earthquake that hit Atsuma, Hokkaido Prefecture, on September 6, 2018. Photo: JIJI PRESS/VCG

A road was heavily damaged in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 hit Japan's northernmost main island on September 6, 2018.Photo: Kyodo News via Getty Images/VCG

Residents charge their mobile phones at the Hokkaido prefectural headquarters in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture on September 6, 2018. Photo: JIJI PRESS/VCG