M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A helicopter lifts an injured person rescued from a bus that was hit by a landslide on a forest road in the city of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14. Earlier in the day, a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001128397
  • Registered date
  • 2008/6/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2008 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1712 × 2711 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.44(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

    1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

    Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a gutted morning market in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024 (top), the day after a powerful earthquake and fire hit it, and the same site under demolition taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.
      Detour opens in quake-hit Wajima city

      Detour opens in quake-hit Wajima city

      Vehicles run through a newly opened bypass route on an elevated seabed for quake-damaged Route 249 in Wajima city in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 5, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan. 1 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.
        Japan PM visits quake-hit central Japan city

        Japan PM visits quake-hit central Japan city

        Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, that was gutted by a fire following a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on New Year's Day. (Pool photo)
          Japan PM visits quake-hit central Japan city

          Japan PM visits quake-hit central Japan city

          Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (back, R) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, that was gutted by a fire following a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on New Year's Day. (Pool photo)

            Japan: Devastating Damage Left After Catastrophic Floods In Ishikawa

            Heavy rainfall on Saturday, September 21, triggered flash flooding and mudslides in several areas of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, which had been devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year's Day. It left eight people dead, more than 40 communities isolated.

              Japan: 6 Dead, Several Missing After Catastrophic Flooding Strikes Quake-Hit Area In Ishikawa 11

              Heavy rainfall on Saturday, September 21, triggered flash flooding and mudslides in several areas on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year's Day. As of Monday morning, 6 people were dead and several were missing.

                Japan: 6 Dead, Several Missing After Catastrophic Flooding Strikes Quake-Hit Area In Ishikawa 10

                Heavy rainfall on Saturday, September 21, triggered flash flooding and mudslides in several areas on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year's Day. As of Monday morning, 6 people were dead and several were missing.

                  Japan: 6 Dead, Several Missing After Catastrophic Flooding Strikes Quake-Hit Area In Ishikawa 9

                  Heavy rainfall on Saturday, September 21, triggered flash flooding and mudslides in several areas on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year's Day. As of Monday morning, 6 people were dead and several were missing.
                    Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

                    Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

                    A helicopter rescues people from an isolated area on Sept. 23, 2024, in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit by a strong earthquake on New Year's Day, after part of the central Japan city was inundated following heavy rain over the weekend.

                      Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

                      WAJIMA, Japan, Sept. 24 Kyodo - A rescue operation is under way on Sept. 23, 2024, after a house was washed away by a river in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit by a strong earthquake on New Year's Day, after part of the central Japan city was inundated following heavy rain over the weekend. (Kyodo)