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Originally Posted by RickOShay
I am not Japanese but I am in Japan. The latest death toll is 56 people, honestly for as powerful as that quake was, I am surprised only a (relative) few people have been killed. Not that it makes it any less of a tragedy though...
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I heard quite a number of the deaths were caused by simply just elderly people falling badly in their homes or else loose falling masonry.
Then again, there's no accurate numbers from the coastal areas yet; I imagine the count is a long way from over yet.