Three people have been killed and more than 210 people injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Osaka prefecture, west Japan on Monday morning.
A nine-year-old girl died on her way to school when a wall collapsed over her, while the other fatalities have been reported as two men in their 80s.
The quake destroyed buildings, created sinkholes in roads and set off scattered fires in metropolitan Osaka, Japan’s second-largest city.
Quake: The gate of a temple in Ibaraki City collapsed in the 6.1 magnitude earthquake which struck Osaka prefecture, western Japan on Monday morning, killing three and injuring 214
The Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 214 people were treated for injuries in hospital, most of them in Osaka city.
Osaka officials did not give details, but injuries reported in Kyoto and three other neighbouring regions were all minor.
The nine-year-old girl has been named as Rina Miyake, who was knocked down by a falling concrete wall as she walked by at her primary school in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture.
NHK public television aired footage showing the collapsed upper half of the high wall, which was cheerfully painted with trees, flowers and blue sky.
![Damage: Emergency services arrive at a fire in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, after the earthquake, which hit at just before 8am](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/18/10/4D5BD81000000578-5855603-TAKATSUKI_JAPAN_JUNE_18_CHINA_OUT_SOUTH_KOREA_OUT_In_this_aerial-a-28_1529313888704.jpg)
Damage: Emergency services arrive at a fire in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, after the earthquake, which hit at just before 8am
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Cleanup: Employees at two liquor shops in Osaka prefecture try to remove bottles and cans of beverages which are scattered on the floor after the earthquake
![Broken road: A crack is filled with water on a road after water pipes were broken in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, after the quake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/06/18/08/wire-3336528-1529307579-617_634x399.jpg)
Broken road: A crack is filled with water on a road after water pipes were broken in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, after the quake
The structure was old and made of concrete blocks — a known risk in earthquakes – and Takatsuki mayor Takeshi Hamada has apologised over her death.
A man in his 80s died in the collapse of a concrete wall in Osaka city, and an 84-year-old man in nearby Ibaraki died after a bookshelf fell on top of him at home, according to city officials.
Many homes and buildings, including a major hospital, were temporarily without power.
The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8am north of Osaka, at a depth of about eight miles, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
![Shaken: The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8am north of Osaka, at a depth of about eight miles](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/18/11/4D5E2E9600000578-5855603-image-a-34_1529316938703.jpg)
Shaken: The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8am north of Osaka, at a depth of about eight miles
![Aftermath: People cycle on a flooded road in Osaka prefecture after Monday's quake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/18/10/4D5B9B8200000578-5855603-People_cycle_on_a_flooded_road_damaged_after_an_earthquake_hit_O-a-29_1529314055833.jpg)
Aftermath: People cycle on a flooded road in Osaka prefecture after Monday’s quake
![Firefighters try to remove debris on the damaged roof of a house in Osaka](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/18/10/4D5BCDB300000578-5855603-image-a-23_1529313745954.jpg)
Firefighters try to remove debris on the damaged roof of a house in Osaka
The strongest shaking was north of Osaka, but the quake rattled large parts of western Japan, including Kyoto, the agency said.
Dozens of domestic flights in and out of Osaka were grounded, while train and subway service in the area, including the bullet train, were suspended to check for damage.
The earthquake reminded many in Japan of the magnitude 7.3 Hanshin-Kobe quake in 1995 that killed more than 6,000 in the region. Monday’s quake also followed a series of smaller quakes near Tokyo in recent weeks.