Collapsed Buildings in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Collapsed Buildings in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

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Hiroshima University researchers Assistant Professors Hideaki Goto and Yasuhiro Kumahara specialize in geomorphology - studying the shape of Earth's surface. They arrived in Kumamoto on Friday to collect data after Thursday evening's earthquake. They were shaken awake at about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday (April 16, 2016) by the second, larger earthquake in Mashiki. These photos from Saturday afternoon in Mashiki show some of the damage that local residents experienced. Mashiki Cultural Center is the tall grey building in the right-side background.

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Hideaki Goto, Hiroshima University

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