Japan - Korea - North Korea

May 12, 1968 - Earthquakes Rock North Japan. Two violent earthquake struck an extensive area in Northern Japan on Thursday (may 170. killing 38 persons, injuring many, and destroying 800 buildings. Fires and tidal waves followed, driving ships on the rocks, and sinking many fishing boats. It was the worst earthquake since the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska in 1964. The Northern Japan short of the 7.9 which levelled Tokyo and Yokohama in 1923 killing 100, 000 people. Photo shows wrecked houses in the town of Hachinohe, Aomori prefecture reduced to rubble by the violent earthquake

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Alaska Aomori Destroying Earthquake Earthquakes Extensive Fires Followed Injuring Levelled Prefecture Reduced Struck Thursday Tidal Violent Worst Wrecked Yokohama

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