TOKYO: Aftershocks shook Japan a day after a powerful earthquake left at least one person dead, with officials assessing damage Saturday (May 6) from the jolt that destroyed several buildings.
mid-afternoon on Friday at a depth of 12km, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
TV footage showed a grocery shop strewn with broken wine bottles and other products that had fallen from shelves. A car is seen crushed by a collapsed house after a strong earthquake in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, northern Japan, on Friday, May 5, 2023. Earthquakes are common in Japan, which sits on the Pacific"Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
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