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Japan's quake early warning system passes first real test
AFP   Monday, 26 March 2007

People wait for the distribution of water near piles of plastic water bottles in the city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture after a massive earthquake hit northern Japan. Japan's earthquake early-warning system swung into action for the first time on Sunday as a huge tremor struck, allowing authorities to issue a tsunami alert about one minute later.(AFP/JIJI PRESS)AFP - Japan's earthquake early-warning system swung into action for the first time on Sunday as a huge tremor struck, allowing authorities to issue a tsunami alert about one minute later.
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