Rikuzentakata, Japan - Only a few buildings are left standing in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a 10-meter tsunami swallowed this northeastern Japanese coastal town. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude 9.0 jolted Japan s northeastern prefectures, wreaking havoc on otherwise beautiful coastal towns and farmlands. The death toll from the nation s worst and the world s fourth worst quake could rise above 10,000. (vbhb000017)

Rikuzentakata, Japan - Only a few buildings are left standing in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a 10-meter tsunami swallowed this northeastern Japanese coastal town. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude 9.0 jolted Japan s northeastern prefectures, wreaking havoc on otherwise beautiful coastal towns and farmlands. The death toll from the nation s worst and the world s fourth worst quake could rise above 10,000. (vbhb000017)

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Recording Date: Mar 13, 2011

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March 13, 2011, Rikuzentakata, Japan - Only a few buildings are left standing in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a 10-meter tsunami swallowed this northeastern Japanese coastal town. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude 9.0 jolted Japan s northeastern prefectures, wreaking havoc on otherwise beautiful coastal towns and farmlands. The death toll from the nation s worst and the world s fourth worst quake could rise above 10,000. (vbhb000017)

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