M6.9 quake in Noto -- Temple in Wajima buckles

M6.9 quake in Noto -- Temple in Wajima buckles

WAJIMA, Japan - The bell hall of the Shogakuji temple in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture collapses after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan on March 25, leaving one person dead, more than 100 injured and hundreds of houses damaged.

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