KUMAMOTO, Japan: Scores of people were feared buried alive after a second powerful quake hit southern Japan Saturday, killing at least 18, and sparking collapses and fires, barely 24 hours after the first disaster struck.

Hillsides gave way as huge landslides swamped houses and severed transport links, while fires engulfed several homes.

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