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Residents light candles to form the date when a powerful earthquake that struck this western port city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 1995, at a park in Kobe, Japan, on Monday Jan. 17, 2011 as they pray for the victims of the quake. In 1995, the magnitude-7.2 quake jolted areas in Kobe, claiming 6,400 people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA