Magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Japan sparks brief tsunami warning
Japan Earthquake, Dec. 7, 2012
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People look at their mobile phones to check updated information on possible rail line suspensions following a powerful 7.3 undersea earthquake in northern Japan at Tokyo Station on December 7, 2012. A one metre-high tsunami hit northeast Japan after a powerful undersea quake struck off the coast which was devastated in last year's quake-tsunami disaster.