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A resident carrying his child on his back walks through debris of collapsed houses with supplies following a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, intensity seven on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; the first intensity seven since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, in Mashiki town, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 15 April 2016. Strong earthquakes hit southwestern Japan the evening of 14 April. Authorities said at least nine people died and over 1,000 were injured by the earthquake, now named the Kumamoto Earthquake. Eight of the nine victims were reported in the town of Mashiki. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)
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