About 13 minutes after the magnitude-7.3 quake hit Kyushu early Saturday morning, a baby girl was born in a hospital in the city of Kumamoto.

As the hospital building swayed back and forth during aftershocks, a midwife leaned over the mother to protect her, while the father held the baby.

Chieko Miyamura, 34, who lives in Kumamoto with her husband, Tomokazu, 37, and her 2-year-old son, Riku, was expecting a baby on Monday. She said that she was surprised when the first earthquake hit the region last Thursday night, but that she remained calm.