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In pictures: Damage from the 7.3 magnitude quake off northeast Japan
STAFF REPORT Feb 14, 2021
A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck northeast Japan late Saturday night, injuring more than 100 people and causing widespread blackouts, cuts to water supplies and other damage.
Cracks on a pillar of a condominium in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, the day after the major earthquake hit off Tohoku. | KYODOThe fallen gate of a house in Koori, Fukushima Prefecture. | KYODOThe manager of a liquor store cleans up broken bottles in the city of Fukushima following a strong earthquake. | KYODOScreens alert passengers of the suspension of operations of shinkansen services in the Tohoku region at Tokyo Station on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI
A staff member picks up books at Iwaki City library in Fukushima Prefecture. | REUTERSThe 7.3 magnitude quake triggered a landslide at Ebisu Circuit in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. | KYODOA toppled house gate blocks the road in Koori, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday. | KYODOMen cover the damaged roof of a house with a blue sheet in Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday. | KYODO
People spent the night at an evacuation center set up at a gymnasium in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, following Saturday’s strong quake. | KYODOPeople receive water from the Self-Defense Forces in Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday after the town suffered severe supply cuts following a strong quake the previous day. | KYODO
