Strong quake forces Niijima residents to evacuate

Strong quake forces Niijima residents to evacuate

NIIJIMA, Japan - Photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 11:15 a.m. on July 15, shows residents in the Wakago district on the Niijima Island, some 140 kilometers south of Tokyo, evacuating after a strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked the island and a chain of nearby islands at 10:30 a.m.

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