At least 38 injured by two big quakes in western Japan
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Tokyo (dpa) - Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.9 and 7.4 hit western Japan Sunday night, injuring at least 38 people and causing more than 6,000 people to evacuate for fear of tidal waves, police and firefighters said Monday.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - A strong earthquake flattened houses in northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least six people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and sparking a small fire at the world's biggest nuclear power plant.
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A strong aftershock measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted north Japan&#39;s Niigata Prefecture Monday morning, leading the death toll from the three major quakes that hit the prefecture Saturday to reach 24, with more than 2,000 injured.
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the  open-ended Richter scale shook western Japan on Sunday and  tsunami warnings were issued, broadcaster NHK reported.
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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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Two strong aftershocks rattled northern Japan Thursday, weeks after a powerful earthquake killed 39 people and injured thousands. The tremors sent residents dashing under tables and caused at least one injury.
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TOKYO : Two strong earthquakes jolted western and central Japan within hours of each other, setting off tsunami waves and causing panic.
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TOKYO - 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.    Damage and injuries appeared to be limited because both quakes were far off Japan's coast, and the region shaken most strongly by them was a sparsely populated rural area, Wakayama, 280 miles west of Tokyo...
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Reports from Japan&#39;s major electronics and semiconductor makers suggest their manufacturing facilities suffered no damage and no production stops after two earthquakes shook the country&#39;s western region on Sunday.
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A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant. At least six people were killed and hundreds were injured.
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A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 200 and flattening houses, Japanese media and officials said.
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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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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit northwestern Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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TOKYO  - 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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An earthquake shook central and western Japan at 8:29 am local time. The magnitude was 6.4, NHK Television said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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TOKYO - Two strong earthquakes rattled western Japan within hours of each other last night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo and triggering tsunami waves.
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OJIYA, Japan -- A series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks struck northern Japan yesterday, killing at least 16 people and reportedly injuring more than 900 as buildings crumbled, a bullet train derailed, and roadways were torn apart.