Japan's strongest recorded quake

Japan's strongest recorded quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A helicopter (front) of the Air Self-Defense Force flies near a destroyed building in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, during a rescue mission on March 12, 2011, a day after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country, triggering massive tsunami in coastal areas.

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