7.5 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan, Authorities Issue Tsunami Alert

A late-afternoon rumble: Northern Japan braces as sea rises It was the kind of late-April light that softens the jagged edges of the Sanriku coast — fishermen mending nets, schoolchildren on their way home, shopkeepers stacking the last of the day’s bento boxes — when the earth rolled. At 4:53 pm local time, a 7.5‑magnitude […]

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