Devastating landslide rips a Japanese mountain apart: Death toll rises to 40 after second earthquake destroys roads, bridges and homes

Epicentre was near the city of Kumamoto and measured at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), say U.S. Geological Survey

6.4 magnitude quake struck Thursday killing ten, and 26 deaths have been recorded so far after the Saturday shock

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it is a 'race against time' to find survivors and authorities say death toll is set to rise

Landslides and road damage are hampering rescue efforts, 410,000 homes without water and 200,000 without water

400-year-old Kumamoto Castle walls - which survived a century of wall - were reduced to rubble the the earthquake 

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