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Aftershock of magnitude 5.3 jolts central Japan
25 Mar 2007 22:51:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
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TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - An aftershock with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 jolted the west coast of central Japan on Monday, the same area where an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 killed one person and injured nearly 200 a day earlier, the Meteorological Agency said.

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Chantal Day holds a pallet of supplies in place aboard a C-130H transport plane at an airforce base west of Sydney April 5, 2007 before flying to the Solomon Islands. The flow of aid to the Solomon Islands accelerated on Friday as military aircraft ferried in supplies after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed dozens and smashed villages.


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