Saturday, April 9, 2011

Japan hit by major aftershock

Hotel guests check their mobile phones for earthquake news after they evacuated the building following an aftershock, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.

A patron relaxes after dinner in a local restaurant, where diners ate by candlelight because there was no electricity, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.
A staff of a supermarket prepares foods at the facilities with no electricity in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.
Japan's Self-Defense Force's members try to discharge leaked water from a floor of Miyagi Prefectural Government building in Sendai, northern Japan early Friday, April 8, 2011 following a big aftershock. The quake rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.
Women look outside from a footpace of an apartment following a big aftershock in Sendai, early Friday, April 8, 2011. The quake rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.
Japanese people buy food at a supermarket with no electricity in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.
Traffic jams are seen as the traffic lights were turned out due to a blackout following a big aftershock in Sendai, northern Japan early Friday, April 8, 2011. The quake rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.
Residents line up for water distribution in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011 after Thursday night's strong aftershock disrupted water supply in the area. The aftershock ripped through northeastern Japan, killing two people, knocking out power to vast areas Friday and piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month's devastating tsunami.
A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami sits at Shiogama port, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011.
Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, carry a dead body recovered from the rubble in a rice paddy in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. Hundreds of Japanese police and soldiers have been mobilized in a major search operation inside the deserted evacuation zone within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
Japan's Emperor Akihito, right, and Empress Michiko, left, talk with Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of Futaba town in Fukushima, upon their arrival at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
Japan's Emperor Akihito, second from left, talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
Evacuees watch TV at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The shelter houses some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, remove a dead body from the rubble in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. Hundreds of Japanese police and soldiers have been mobilized in a major search operation inside the deserted evacuation zone within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
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Takahiro Kato removes debris from his warehouse collapsed by Thursday night's strong aftershosk in Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The aftershock ripped through northeastern Japan, killing two people, knocking out power to vast areas Friday and piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month's devastating tsunami.
Japan's Emperor Akihito, center left, and Empress Michiko, center right, wave as they arrive at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
A Japanese police officer, wearing a suit to protect him from radiation, searches for victims in the rubble in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. Hundreds of Japanese police and soldiers have been mobilized in a major search operation inside the deserted evacuation zone within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, search for victims in the rubble in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. Hundreds of Japanese police and soldiers have been mobilized in a major search operation inside the deserted evacuation zone within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
Japan's Empress Michiko, right, talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
Japan's Emperor Akihito, second from left, and Empress Michiko, left, talk with an evacuee at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
Japan's Emperor Akihito, standing second from left, and Empress Michiko, standing second from right, arrive at an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Friday, April 8, 2011. The imperial couple visited the shelter to encourage some 1,400 evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, mostly from Fukushima Prefecture where the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located.
Evacuees react following a strong aftershock at a shelter in Fukushima, northern Japan early Friday, April 8, 2011. The quake rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.

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