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Japan s Ebisu Circuit Suffers Heavy Damage After Earthquake Rocks Coast Of Fukushima Photo: STR / Contributor (Getty Images) On Saturday night in Japan, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture. The earthquake left over 100 people injured and caused massive infrastructure damage. One of the areas hit hard was the Ebisu Circuit, a beloved circuit for drift fans. Advertisement Pictures and videos are circulating around social media showing the incredible damage caused to the complex by the quake. It looks extensive and repairs will most certainly be expensive. Check out this Instagram post by SAMMIT: The earthquake triggered landslides around the area and almost a million homes are without power. The event came just short of the 10th anniversary of the 2011 9.0-magnitude quake that caused a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and took some 18,000 lives. As Reuters reports, the Japan Meteorological Agency said this ....