NANGO (Japan): Thousands of people returned home from shelters in northern Japan yesterday as aftershocks dwindled following Saturday's three strong earthquakes that injured more than 420 people and damaged hundreds of houses.
Although no lives were lost in the quakes, residents remain alert for the “big one,” a massive quake that scientists believe will hit this region, some 350km northeast of Tokyo, sometime in coming decades.
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