AFP
A powerful aftershock that rocked an area of Japan still reeling from last month's earthquake and tsunami disaster has killed two people and injured about 100, emergency services say.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said a 63-year-old woman in Yamagata prefecture died after her respirator failed when the power was knocked out by the 7.1 magnitude tremor, which hit at 11.32pm local time on Thursday (0032 AEST Friday).
"Her respiratory equipment was found turned off. We believe the machine was turned off due to the (power) outage," a spokesman for the agency said.
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