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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

HACHINOHE, Japan, June 25 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on June 25, 2026, shows a damaged exterior wall of a building in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Venezuela: Powerful Quakes Level Buildings in La Guaira 2

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake and a magnitude 7.5 mainshock struck near Yumare, Venezuela, within seconds of each other on Wednesday, June 24, causing buildings to collapse in the capital Caracas and triggering a tsunami advisory that was later rescinded. La Guaira, a port city north of Caracas, was among the hardest-hit areas.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Ceiling boards are seen damaged at an office building in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

A damaged automatic door of a supermarket is seen in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on June 25, 2026, shows a damaged exterior wall of a building in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Debris from a building's exterior wall is scattered across a parking lot in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken on June 25, 2026, shows a damaged exterior wall of a building in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on June 25, 2026, shows a damaged exterior wall of a building in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken on June 25, 2026, shows a damaged exterior wall of a building in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Debris from a building's exterior wall is scattered across a parking lot in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken June 25, 2026, shows a building in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with its wall damaged by a preliminary-magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the region.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken June 25, 2026, shows a building in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with its wall damaged by a preliminary-magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the region.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

A retaining wall is seen collapsed in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

People look at a digital bulletin board at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 25, 2026, after Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train services were halted following a preliminary-magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the region earlier in the day.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

A streetlight is seen broken in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

A retaining wall is seen collapsed in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

A TV antenna is seen broken in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on June 25, 2026, shows a damaged exterior wall of a building in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Debris from a building's exterior wall is scattered across a parking lot in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Debris from a building's exterior wall is scattered across a parking lot in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Debris from a building's exterior wall is scattered across a parking lot in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan

Debris from a building's exterior wall is scattered across a parking lot in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, on June 25, 2026, after a preliminary magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.

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Taiwan: Swimming Pool At High-Rise Turns Into Waterfall During Strong Earthquake

The swimming pool of a high-rise building in Taipei turned into a waterfall when the magnitude 7.2 quake hit Taiwan on April 3.

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Magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks southern Philippines

STORY: Magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks southern Philippines SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: DAVAO, the Philippines CATEGORY: OTHER SHOTLIST: 1. crane of one construction site in Davao City collapses during the earthquake (credit: Reymark Ayala Leopoldo) 2. one mall of General Santos during the earthquake 3. one mall of General Santos after the earthquake (credit: Ry Llanes) 4. CCTV footage of one shop in Davao City during the earthquake (credit: Tin Alfad) 5. various of people evacuating a mall in Davao City (credit: Reyna Jane I. Ramos) STORYLINE: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 rocked Davao Occidental in the southern Philippines on Friday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 4:14 p.m. local time (GMT 0814), hit at a depth of 10 kilometers, about 30 kilometers southwest of Sarangani town. The institute said the tectonic quake will trigger aftershock

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Rescue efforts in quake-hit eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Search and rescue efforts continue through the rubble in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 27, 2011, after the area was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Oct. 23.

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Children affected by earthquake in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Children huddle around a fire to keep warm on Nov. 1, 2011, at a tent site in Van, eastern Turkey, for people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit the area on Oct. 23.

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People in quake-hit eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - People buy fresh food on a street in Van, eastern Turkey, on Nov. 1, 2011, over a week after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area on Oct. 23.

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People affected by M7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Women hug each other outside a tent providing temporary shelter for people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 30, 2011. The disaster occurred Oct. 23.

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Tents for quake-hit people in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Children play near tents in which people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake have been living since the Oct. 23, 2011, disaster, in Van, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 27. Snow-covered mountains can be seen behind them.

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Rescue efforts in quake-hit eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - People try to rescue survivors of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake from a flattened apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after the disaster devastated the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - People receive distributed food near the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers remove debris at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers remove debris at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Rescue operation continues at hotel in hot-spring resort in Miyagi

KURIHARA, Japan - Rescuers from the Miyagi prefectural police search for missing people June 23 at the Komanoyu inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, which collapsed following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on June 14. The rescuers continued to search after a section of the collapsed inn was removed.

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Death toll in northeastern Japan quake rises to 9

KITAKAMI, Japan - Rescue workers carry bodies recovered from the wreckage of a hot-spring inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan. A total of seven people were thought to be under the wreckage of the inn and the bodies of three have so far been found.

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Photo of large-scale landslides caused by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on June 14 near the Aratozawa Dam in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A car remains damaged by landslides in a mountainous area in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted northeastern Japan.

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Rescue workers continue efforts to search for seven missing people at a collapsed Japanese-style hotel at a hot spring resort in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted northeastern Japan.

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Rescue workers continue efforts to search for missing people at a collapsed Japanese-style hotel at a hot spring resort in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted northeastern Japan.

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Photo exhibition of 1995 Great Hanshin quake opens in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A photo exhibition opened July 29 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, covering the devastating earthquake that hit Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan in 1995 and subsequent reconstruction of the area. Hyogo Prefectural Gov. Toshitami Kaihara (2nd from R) attended an opening ceremony for the exhibition, which shows Brazilians who contributed some 82 million yen to relief efforts how the area has recovered. More than 6,400 people lost their lives in the magnitude-7.2 quake, which hit the Hanshin region Jan. 17 1995.

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Rescue operation continues at hotel in hot-spring resort in Miyag

KURIHARA, Japan - Rescuers from the Miyagi prefectural police search for missing people June 23 at the Komanoyu inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, which collapsed following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on June 14. The rescuers continued to search after a section of the collapsed inn was removed. (Kyodo)

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Death toll in northeastern Japan quake rises to 9

KITAKAMI, Japan - Rescue workers carry bodies recovered from the wreckage of a hot-spring inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan. A total of seven people were thought to be under the wreckage of the inn and the bodies of three have so far been found. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Photo of large-scale landslides caused by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on June 14 near the Aratozawa Dam in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Rescue workers continue efforts to search for missing people at a collapsed Japanese-style hotel at a hot spring resort in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - The Ichi-Hasama River in a mountainous area in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, remains blocked on June 15 by landslides caused by the previous day's magnitude 7.2 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Rescue workers continue efforts to search for seven missing people at a collapsed Japanese-style hotel at a hot spring resort in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A car remains damaged by landslides in a mountainous area in the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 15, a day after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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People affected by M7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Women hug each other outside a tent providing temporary shelter for people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 30, 2011. The disaster occurred Oct. 23. (Kyodo)