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Japan earthquake injures 100 people, triggers landslide ahead of 10-year tsunami anniversary
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the eastern coast of Japan, injuring more than 100 people, leaving almost a million homes without power and causing a landslide.
Key points:
- It struck the same areas hit by the more powerful 2011 earthquake and tsunami
- Japan’s meteorological agency said it was an aftershock of the earthquake a decade ago
- The earthquake shook buildings in Tokyo hundreds of kilometres away
It hit the Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, the same areas that were devastated by a more powerful earthquake that triggered a tsunami and killed over 18,000 people just under 10 years ago, causing a meltdown at a nuclear power plant.
The latest earthquake was recorded at 11:08pm local time on Saturday at a depth of 60 kilometres in…
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