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Japan digging out from multiple earthquakes

Evacuated residents wait at a park in Kumamoto city April 16 after another strong earthquake shook Japan.

Evacuated residents wait at a park in Kumamoto city April 16 after another strong earthquake shook Japan.

  (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

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The April 13 quake was centered seven miles east from the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto prefecture. Initial reports placed the quake at 6.4, but the magnitude was later downgraded to 6.2 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Japan digging out from multiple earthquakes

Rescue workers take care of an elderly woman in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

  (Taro Karibe / Getty Images)

Japan digging out from multiple earthquakes

Medical staff prepare to evacuate patients from the hospital in Kumamoto City over fears it could collapse as a wave of aftershocks shook the area.

  (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

Japan digging out from multiple earthquakes

A patient is evacuated by emergency staff from an hospital in Kumamoto City over fears it could collapse as a wave of aftershocks shook the area.

  (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

Japan digging out from multiple earthquakes

A road damaged by the April 16 earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

  (Taro Karibe / Getty Images)

Japan digging out from multiple earthquakes

People get up right after the April 16 earthquake at the evacuation center at the Mashiki Town Gymnasium in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

  (Taro Karibe / Getty Images)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A rescue worker carries an 8-month-old baby girl after she was pulled from the rubble after Thursday’s earthquake near Mashiki, Japan. Rescuers were scrambling to find survivors after the powerful earthquake in southern Japan left at least nine people dead and hundreds injured.

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Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

Police rescue team members search through damaged houses to check for survivors in southern Japan after Thursday’s magnitude 6.2 earthquake.

  (Koji Ueda / Associated Press)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

An aerial view shows the damaged Kyushu highway in the city of Mashiki in southern Japan after Thursday’s magnitude 6.2 earthquake.

  (Jiji Press / AFP/Getty Images)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A general view shows a collapsed wall next to houses in southern Japan after Thursday’s magnitude 6.2 earthquake.

  (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

Taketoshi Nagano surveys his damaged house after a 6.2 earthquake hit near Mashiki, Japan, on Thursday.

  (Taro Karibe / Getty Images)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces make rice balls at an evacuation center Friday, a day after the 6.2 earthquake hit near Mashiki, Japan.

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Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A man walks on a street covered with rubble in the Japanese town of Mashiki. A 6.2 earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires.

  (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A man with a child walks past houses destroyed by Thursday’s earthquake in Mashiki, Japan.

  (Naoya Osato / Associated Press)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A motorcyclist drives on a road badly damaged by Thursday’s earthquake in southern Japan.

  (Kimimasa Mayama / EPA)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A resident carrying a dog walks by houses damaged by Thursday’s 6.2 earthquake in southern Japan.

  (Naoya Osato / Associated Press)

Japan digging out from magnitude 6.2 earthquake

A resident walks by a collapsed house in southern Japan. Aftershocks rattled communities as businesses and residents got a fuller look Friday at the widespread damage from Thursday’s 6.2 earthquake.

  (Koji Ueda / Associated Press)

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