The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

Japan, earthquake, Fukushima
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Residents eat emergency rations at a candlelit shelter after leaving the devastated areas of Minamisanriku, in Miyagi prefecture, on March 15, 2011.

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