Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

HIRONO, Japan - Part of the wall collapsed at a junior high school gymnasium in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, when a strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures during the early hours of July 24.

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