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Japan: Iwate-Miyagi Inland Earthquake

globalvoicesonline.org » 2008 » June » 17th » Japan: Iwate-Miyagi Inland Earthquake

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On June 14, an inland earthquake reaching M7.2 on the Richter scale struck the Tohoku region of Japan. In Iwate and Miyagi, the hardest hit prefectures, 10 have been confirmed dead, about a dozen are missing, and more than 200 people have been injured. Although the death toll was relatively small, given that the areas in the vicinity of the epicenter are mostly mountainous, the ground Continue Reading »


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