Thursday, April 21, 2016

BY THE NUMBERS: The toll from Japan's twin earthquakes

The low of two consecutive earthquakes stricken the southerly Japanese island of Kyushu one workweek ago Thursday dark. Hither is a feeling, by the numbers, at the quakes and their wake. ___ 48: Confirmed deaths from the earthquakes. ___ 10: Extra deaths attributed to evacuation-related tenseness. ___ 2: Multitude lull absent. ___ 1,156: Mass injured by the earthquakes. ___ 221: Issue with grievous injuries. ___ 9,900: Homes discredited or ruined. ___ 100,000: Multitude in shelters. ___ 6.5: Magnitude of low temblor on April 14 at 9:26 p.m. ___ 7.3: Magnitude of irregular temblor on April 16 at 1:25 a.m. ___ 765: Aftershocks as of 3 p.m.


Thursday. ___ Sources: Japan's Ardour and Tragedy Direction Bureau, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Meteoric Delegacy.

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