An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast in central Japan on Friday, registering an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, about 110 kilometers northeast of the popular tourism spot of Kanazawa.
The following is a collection of photos of the devastation as captured by Kyodo News photographers.
A house is collapsed over a vehicle in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture on May 5, 2023, after a powerful earthquake rocked the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a landslide in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, shows a landslide in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, shows a landslide in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, shows the inside of a home in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture a day after a powerful earthquake rocked the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, shows the inside of a storehouse in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture a day after a powerful earthquake rocked the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a collapsed shrine gateway in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on May 6, 2023, shows a collapsed home in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)
The first floor of a residential house is collapsed in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture on May 5, 2023. (Kyodo)
A Shinto shrine gateway falls over in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture on May 5, 2023. (Kyodo)
JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture is overcrowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train service is suspended amid the Golden Week holidays in the wake of a powerful earthquake that rocked the central Japan prefecture and its surrounding areas on May 5, 2023. (Kyodo)
JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)
A Japan Meteorological Agency official speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 5, 2023, after a powerful earthquake rocked Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas of central Japan. (Kyodo)
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