3,499 buildings damaged by western Japan quake

KURE, Japan - A powerful earthquake that hit a wide area of western Japan on March 24 partially or fully damage a total of 3,499 buildings as of the morning of March 25. Photo shows a house in the town of Ebara in Hiroshima Prefeture's Kure City destroyed. The quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale killed two people and injuring 164 people in western Japan centering on Hiroshima and Ehime prefectures.

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