Strong Quake in Japan Leaves 23 Injured [1]
Weather.com - 4/14/13, AP
Fallen gravestones at a stone shop are pictured following an earthquake in Awaji, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, Saturday, April 13, 2013. AP Photo/Kyodo News
TOKYO -- A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 23 people injured, seven of them seriously - mostly elderly tripping while trying to flee, police said. No one was killed.
The magnitude-6.3 quake left some homes with rooftop tiles broken and cracked walls, while goods fell off store shelves, according to the Meteorological Agency and Japanese TV news footage.
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