Quake stops Japanese reactor
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The quake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, occurred 20km underground in Niigata prefecture, some 200km northwest of Tokyo. 23 October, and 39 people have died as a result of that.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter scale has jolted Japan&#39;s main northern island of Hokkaido. Four people have been slightly injured by the quake, which struck below the ocean just east of the island&#39;s tip.
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook northern Japan on Monday in the same area where the country&#39;s deadliest quake in nine years killed at least 23 people two days ago and injured more than 2,000.
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TOKYO - NEC Electronics Inc. restarted production at its Yamagata, Japan, factory on Monday evening after a series of strong earthquakes over the weekend halted manufacturing. However, two factories near the epicenter of the quakes remain off-line and the companies that operate them have no estimate for when they will be back online.
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Japan has resumed rescue efforts following the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years. Saturday&#39;s quake and its aftershocks left 24 people dead and over 2,000 injured.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 10,000 people huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine people, injuring more than 900 and triggering a leak of contaminated water from a nuclear plant.
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A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, injuring more than 190 people, destroying houses and sparking a fire at a nuclear power plant, Japanese media and officials said.
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Sanyo has restarted chip production at a factory that automatically stopped when a powerful earthquake hit.
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Japanese nuclear inspectors have identified a new radioactive leak at a power plant that was badly damaged in this week's earthquake, compounding concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear reactors.
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Strong aftershocks are still shaking northern Japan after the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 18 people.
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A strong earthquake rocked northern Japan today near the area where the countryâs deadliest quake in a decade struck last month.
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An earthquake with an estimated magnitude  of 4.9 struck the northern Japanese prefecture of Niigata  Tuesday but no tsunami warning was issued.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - A strong earthquake killed at least three people in Japan on Monday, injured more than 500, flattened houses and started a small fire at the world's largest nuclear power plant.
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The world's biggest nuclear power plant may be shut for more than a year for checks after an earthquake in Japan caused radiation leaks, prompting speculation of power shortages and deepening concern about the safety of the industry in the tremor-prone country.
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SEVERAL strong earthquakes shook north-western Japan within a span of minutes last night, toppling homes, causing blackouts, cutting water and gas services, and derailing a bullet train.
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A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted northern Japan Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning was issued.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Dozens of aftershocks shook  northern Japan on Sunday after the country's deadliest  earthquake in nine years killed at least 18 people and injured  some 1,400 as houses collapsed, roads crumbled and rail tracks  buckled.