00:33 Eight-Month-Old Baby Saved From Japan Earthquake Rubble Watch as an eight month-old baby is rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Japan.

One day after a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan's Kyushu Island, many residents were still in shock from the horrifying moment the temblor struck.

"It's as if all control was lost, I thought I was going to die and I couldn't bear it any longer," Mashiki resident Yuichiro Yoshikado, who was taking a bath at his home when the quake struck, told the Associated Press.

At least nine people died and more than 800 were injured by the earthquake that sparked fires and toppled many structures at 9:26 p.m. local time Thursday night (8:26 a.m. EDT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Japan's Meteorological Agency told the AP there was no threat of a tsunami. Officials near the epicenter told local media violent shaking lasted about 30 seconds.

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The tremor occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS also reported. The quake's epicenter was in Kumamoto prefecture, 4.3 miles southwest of Ueki and about 800 miles southwest of Tokyo. In the hours following the main quake, there were at least 100 aftershocks, one of which was a magnitude-6. Those aftershocks were keeping some residents from starting a long cleanup process, as they were too afraid additional danger and damage was coming.

“There was a boom and the whole house violently shook sideways,” Mashiki resident Takahiko Morita told NHK-TV in a telephone interview. “Furniture and bookshelves fell down, books were all over the floor.”

The worst damage was in Mashiki, about 9 miles east of Kumamoto city, said Kumamoto prefecture disaster management official Takayuki Matsushita. Eight of the nine people who died – five women and four men – were from this city, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The victims ranged in age from one man in his 20s to a woman in her 90s, the agency added.

But there was good news when a baby was rescued from a collapsed home, appearing to have minimal or minor injuries. The scene was repeated many times on television broadcasts Friday, the AP reported.

In Kumamoto, power and water outages have not yet ended, and residents are too scared to return to their homes.

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"Everyone in Kumamoto is still in a panic," Yoshikado told the AP. "We see in the news phrases like 'Major earthquake in Kumamoto,' or 'The Kumamoto Quake,' but it just doesn't seem real. It feels like something that would happen somewhere else."

Nearby nuclear facilities were not affected in any way, ABC News reported. The two Sendai nuclear reactors on Kyushu were operating as normal while the three Genkai nuclear reactors still in operation were already closed for routine inspection.

Uki city official Keisukei Urata was driving home when the earthquake struck, he told the AP. He witnessed walls collapsing around homes during the quake, and also said Uki City Hall suffered a partial ceiling collapse and broken windows. The historic Kumamoto castle was also damaged and was closed to the public Friday.

The temblor was rated a 7 on Japan's Shindo scale, which measures earthquake intensity. The scale ranges from 1 to 7, with a 7 being the most intense shaking.

"The shaking was so violent I couldn't stand still," Hironobu Kosaki, a Kumamoto Prefectural Police night-duty official, told the AP.

About 44,000 people stayed in shelters overnight Friday following the earthquake, Kumamoto prefecture official Shotaro Sakamoto told the AP. Kyushu Island is home to more than 13 million people.