The global economy already had one heart attack which it survived and one earth quake has already hit.

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Originally scheduled for April 24 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit, the BBC reported that roads leading to Tokyo required repair and sections of the track were cracked in the earth quake.

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The quake in the mountainous region had flattened homes -- many of which were made with wood and earth -- and other buildings in Jiegu and elsewhere in Yushu prefecture, a Tibetan region of Qinghai.

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