Derailed train near the town of Shinchi, Japan (post-earthquake)

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This half-meter resolution satellite image shows a derailed train near the town of Shinchi, Japan. The image was taken two days after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Oshika Peninsula on March 11, 2011. According to news reports, this is the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history and the fifth largest in the world.

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