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TOPSHOT - Collapsed houses are seen in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 16, 2016. A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan early April 16, authorities said, sending panicked residents out of their homes in a region where nerves were already frayed by a swarm of strong shaking. / AFP / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Collapsed houses are seen in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 16, 2016.
A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan early April 16, authorities said, sending panicked residents out of their homes in a region where nerves were already frayed by a swarm of strong shaking. / AFP / KAZUHIRO NOGI        (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)