:blink:Whoa, the same area just received a M7.2 earthquake two days ago, with minimal damage, but that turned out to be just the beginning...
I am afraid that there might be a large number of casualties. While the area's not as populated like Tokyo or southern Japan, it's still rather populated. The city of Sendai, located just 130 km/ 80 miles west of the epicenter, has a population of ~600000 and is the largest city around. Heard that 10 meter-high waves were reported just a few miles from there, so odds are that a large number of causalties would be from there. The coast isn't very populated, but still there are a few large fishing ports dotted along the coast, which should be heavily damaged.
Edit: Looks like that there's some damage and one fatality way down in Tokyo, 400 km south-west of the epicenter. This doesn't looks good...
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