Cathay Pacific among Hong Kong airlines warning of possible travel delays after deadly earthquake strikes Osaka
Child among three killed and 200 injured as walls collapse and fires start after powerful quake that United States Geological Survey measures at 5.3 strikes Japan’s second city
Three Hong Kong airlines have warned the city’s residents of potential delays travelling to Osaka after a deadly earthquake struck Japan on Monday during the height of rush hour.
A nine-year-old girl was among three people killed in the powerful quake, which struck at 7.58am.
The girl, Rina Miyake, died when a wall collapsed at her school, while 80-year-old Minoru Yasi was killed in similar fashion, and a second man, 85-year-old Motochika Goto was crushed by a falling bookcase at his home.
Some 200 people were reportedly injured in the quake, which was measured at magnitude 5.3 by the United States Geological Survey.
The Japan Meteorological Agency measured the quake, which hit as people crowded into train stations for their daily commute, at 6.1.