Powerful quake hits northeastern Japan

Powerful quake hits northeastern Japan

Situations are written down on a whiteboard at an evacuation center in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, after a powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan on March 20, 2021.

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