AdvertisementSatellite images show mass destruction to Japan's west coast and inner cities after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the country on Monday.
Satellite image ©2024 Maxar TechnologiesMasuhiro Izumiya, the mayor of the town of Suzu, near the quake's epicenter, said 90% of houses might have been destroyed, Reuters reported.
Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies.
AdvertisementA road destroyed by the earthquake and another giant fissure shown in a satellite image.
The event is being compared to Japan's 2011 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
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