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A forest road is in pieces after a powerful earthquake at Kurihara in northern Japan on Saturday. The magnitude 7.0 quake ripped across mountains and rice fields, killing at least two people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted buildings and shook nuclear power plants.

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( Kyodo News )

A forest road is in pieces after a powerful earthquake at Kurihara in northern Japan on Saturday. The magnitude 7.0 quake ripped across mountains and rice fields, killing at least two people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted buildings and shook nuclear power plants.

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