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.
Rescuers inspect a collapsed house Aug. 16, 2005, in Kazo, outside Tokyo, shortly after a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan.
A collapsed house lies on the ground following a quake that shook Kazo, north of Tokyo, Aug. 16, 2005.
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.
A collapsed house lies on the ground following a quake that shook Kazo, north of Tokyo, Aug. 16, 2005.
City workers repair the wall of a Japanese restaurant in Ishinomaki that was damaged after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan Aug. 16, 2005.
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.
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.
A destroyed house is seen on Aug. 16, 2005, in Kazo, Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan.