The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake
Toru Hanai / Reuters

Barren
A sole house stands on April 1, 2011, in a neighborhood in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, that was otherwise destroyed by the tsunami.

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