M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A man watches a road in the city of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14. It caved in after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas centering on northeastern Japan.

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