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Earthquake Shakes Buildings in Tokyo

Monday, August 15, 2005 11:26:34 PM

Documents are scattered on the floor of the Kyodo News Agency's bureau in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 shortly after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit northern Japan, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo.  The quake triggered a tsunami warning, broadcaster NHK reported.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Tuesday, triggering a small tsunami, collapsing buildings, knocking out power and shaking skyscrapers nearly 200 miles away in Tokyo.

A caved-in roof at an indoor pool in the coastal city of Sendai injured 14 people, national broadcaster NHK reported. Two more people were injured in the neighboring state of Iwate, Kyodo News Agency reported.

Television footage showed a collapsed house outside Tokyo and landslides in the quake zone.


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