17 Killed, 1000 Hurt As Powerful Quakes Shake Japan
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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (NNN): At least 17 people were killed and up to 1,000 injured in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks which shook northern Japan for 12 hours, according to reports here on Sunday afternoon.
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A series of powerful earthquakes has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 800 people in northern Japan. The first quake struck on Saturday in Niigata prefecture, 200km north of Tokyo, followed by strong aftershocks.
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A SERIES of powerful earthquakes in central Japan, including an initial tremor measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, have left 20 people dead or missing and injured 1000 others, officials and news reports said.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27.
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Two strong earthquakes, one magnitude 6.9 and the second magnitude 7.3, rattled western Japan within hours of each other Sunday night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo and triggering tsunami waves.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Aftershocks shook northern Japan  on Sunday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least 16  people and injured about 1,000 as houses collapsed and  landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds of people.
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The death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes in central Japan has reached 18, with more than 800 injured. The biggest quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.
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Two powerful earthquakes struck western Japan on Sunday, rattling several major cities and triggering tsunami waves. At least 14 people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported.
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At least three strong earthquakes struck northwest Japan on Saturday, collapsing homes, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of residents, derailing a ``bullet&#39;&#39; train, and shaking buildings across Tokyo.
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Thousands of people were facing a second night in emergency shelters or out in the open yesterday after the deadliest earthquake to strike Japan in nine years left at least 21 people dead and more than 1,800 injured.
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A series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks rattled northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 700 as buildings crumbled, two trains were derailed and roadways were torn apart.
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TOKYO - A barrage of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks thundered across northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least five people, knocking down buildings and forcing hundreds to flee their homes for safety.
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At least 15 people died in a series of seven earthquakes that struck northwest Japan yesterday, collapsing homes and highways, cutting power and derailing a high- speed ``bullet&#39;&#39; train.
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An earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 6.8 and a series of big aftershocks rocked  northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least one person and  injuring dozens while triggering landslides and knocking out  power.
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A series of severe earthquakes in northern Japan left 21 people dead, more than 1,500 injured and at least 7 missing, the Kyodo news reported Sunday.
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A SERIES of powerful earthquakes, including an initial tremor measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, has killed 15 people and injured more than 700 people in central Japan.
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A powerful earthquake, followed by strong aftershocks, has rocked a wide area of Japan, causing at least two deaths and more than 100 injuries.