Seismic destruction: A landslide caused by the earthquake covering part of a race circuit course in Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima. — AP
IWAKI: Trains were halted over a wide swath of northeastern Japan after more than 100 people were injured in an earthquake that appeared to be an aftershock from the devastating quake that hit the area in 2011.
The 7.3 magnitude quake struck shortly before midnight Saturday and cracked walls, shattered windows and set off a landslide in Fukushima, the area closest to the epicentre.
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