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22 killed in Japan quake, rescue efforts underway
Tokyo: Rescue efforts are underway in Japan after a powerful quake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit Kyushu region on Saturday killing at least 22 people and injuring over 1,000 others, Xinhua reported.
Japanese media however, put the toll at 19.
Saturday’s shock comes on the heels of tremors felt on Thursday that left nine people killed in Kumamoto prefecture — epicentre of both the quakes.
Around 20,000 troops were deployed in Kyushu region after the quake struck the region around 1.25 a.m. (local time), The Japan Times reported.
Dozens of people are trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Roads have been damaged and landslides have been reported over a wide area.
The quake has badly affected the region as around 200,000 households were without power.
Extra troops were being sent to Kyushu to help police and firefighters. “We are making every effort to respond,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
There are reports of people trapped inside buildings, including at least 60 inside an old people’s home.
A village was evacuated on Saturday after a dam collapsed due to the quake, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Heavy rain forecast for the coming days could lead to more landslides and affect already damaged structures, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said.
Saturday’s temblor triggered a tsunami advisory, although it was later lifted and no irregularities were reported at three nuclear power plants in the area, a senior government official said.
The Kumamoto Prefecture Police said they received reports of 97 people trapped or buried under collapsed buildings.
The government also said four apartment buildings near Tokai University in Kumamoto prefecture collapsed and 11 people, including students, were trapped under the wreckage.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters the government was making every effort to determine the extent of the damage, carry out rescue and recovery, and to get accurate information to citizens.
“It’s possible that there may be damage over a wide area,” Abe said.
Gavin Hayes, a research geophysicist with the US Geological Survey (USGS) in Colorado, said the latest earthquake would hamper the earlier rescue operation that was already under way.
Japan is one of the most seismically active areas on the Earth, accounting for about 20 percent of global quakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater.
It is through bitter experience that Japan has learned the strategies to mitigate damage, injury and death. Not only does it implement some the best building construction practices but it has also established an early warning network.
The meteorological agency initially said the Saturday quake measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale but later revised it up to 7.3.
Several aftershocks rattled the region later Saturday, including two of nearly magnitude-6, and experts warned of more.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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