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Passengers sitting on the platform wait for resumption of the train service at Tokyo Station Aug. 16, 2005, shortly after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The quake triggered a small tsunami, collapsed buildings, knocked out power and shook skyscrapers nearly 200 miles away in Tokyo.
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Rescuers inspect a collapsed house Aug. 16, 2005, in Kazo, outside Tokyo, shortly after a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.
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A collapsed house lies on the ground following a quake that shook Kazo, north of Tokyo, Aug. 16, 2005.
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Rescuers work at an indoor swimming pool scattered with collapsed ceiling boards broken into pieces in Sendai Aug. 16, 2005, after a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.
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A collapsed house lies on the ground following a quake that shook Kazo, north of Tokyo, Aug. 16, 2005.
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City workers repair the wall of a Japanese restaurant in Ishinomaki that was damaged after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan Aug. 16, 2005.
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A city worker collects rubble after a Japanese restaurant's second-floor wall collapsed on the ground in Ishinomaki during a powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan Aug. 16, 2005.
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This picture shows the remains of an indoor swimming pool after part of the roof collapsed at a sports center in Sendai following a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, Aug. 16, 2005.
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A destroyed house is seen on Aug. 16, 2005, in Kazo, Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan.
