The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

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Bringing Down the House
People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore during the earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan. The massive quake shook buildings in the capital Tokyo, causing "many injuries" and at least one fire, and prompted a 10-metre (30-ft) tsunami warning.

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