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Sendai Quake and Tsunami: big photo gallery
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Jardin at 12:00 AM Friday, Mar 11, 2011

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An office building burns in Tokyo after an earthquake March 11,
2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday,
causing many injuries, fires and a four-meter (13-foot) tsunami
along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and
witnesses reported. There were several strong aftershocks and a
warning of a 10-meter (32-foot) tsunami following the quake, which
also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo.
(photos: REUTERS/Kyodo)

People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a
bookstore during an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan March
11, 2011.

A building burns after an earthquake in the Odaiba
district of Tokyo.

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts he he feels an
earthquake as he attends a committee meeting in the upper house of
parliament in Tokyo (REUTERS / Toru Hanai)

Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of
injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake off the
coast of northern Japan (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

Woman wears hard hat and talks on phone after
evacuating building in Tokyo's financial district, after earthquake
off the coast of northern Japan. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung
Hoon)

People stand outside after evacuating buildings in
Tokyo's financial district in Tokyo after an earthquake off the
coast of northern Japan. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)
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