Four people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on Thursday night. 141 others were injured.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says that in Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, a 63-year-old woman was found dead in her home on Friday morning. Fire officials suspect that her oxygen breathing apparatus stopped working when the power supply was cut off.
A 74-year-old woman in Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture, died after falling from the balcony of her 3rd-floor apartment. In Ishinomaki City, also Miyagi Prefecture, 2 men aged 79 and 85 died at a hospital. Fire officials say the quake may have given them heart attacks.
Four houses were destroyed in Miyagi Prefecture and 3 were burned down in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures
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