Magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Japan sparks brief tsunami warning
Japan Earthquake, Dec. 7, 2012
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The Sendai station is crowded with passengers as the trains were stopped by a large earthquake, in Sendai city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on December 7, 2012 following a 7.3 earthquake and tsunami alert. 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.
