Japan mega earthquake

Japan mega earthquake

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on March 14, 2011, from a helicopter shows a sea surface filled with debris, in a bay off the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, following Japan's strongest recorded earthquake that hit the country on March 11.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001157550
  • Registered date
  • 2011/3/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2011 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1189 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.44(MB)*
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