Three quakes hit northwestern Japan
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Three strong earthquakes shook northwestern Japan within a span of minutes on Saturday, rocking buildings hundreds of kilometres away in Tokyo.
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OJIYA, Japan -- Thousands of residents in northern Japan spent the night outdoors after three powerful earthquakes rattled the region, killing at least 16 people.
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TOKYO  - Several powerful earthquakes rattled northwestern Japan over a two-hour span on Saturday, toppling homes, causing blackouts, cutting water and gas supplies and derailing two trains. At least three people died and more than 300 were injured, the Japanese news media reported.
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A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale injured 17 people in northern Japan in a new sign of seismic activity a month after the country's deadliest tremor in a decade.
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Strong aftershocks shook northern Japan on Sunday after the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 18 people and injured some 1,500 as houses collapsed, roads crumbled and rail tracks buckled.
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A series of earthquakes, the largest measuring 6.8 on the Japanese scale, have hit northern Japan, killing at least four people and injuring more than 400.
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A strong quake, with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale, jolted northern Japan, near an area that was recently hit by tsunamis, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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A series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks struck northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and reportedly injuring more than 900 as buildings crumbled, a
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OSAKA (Kyodo) An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit western Japan on Sunday evening, triggering warnings of tsunami in several areas, the Meteorological Agency said.
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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
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A series of earthquakes and aftershocks rattled northern Japan yesterday, killing at least 13 people. More than 700 were injured as buildings crumbled, a bullet train derailed and roadways were torn apart.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - A strong earthquake with a  magnitude of 6.1 jolted northern Japan on Wednesday in the same  region where the country's deadliest quake in a decade killed  at least 31 people and injured more than 3,400 five days ago.
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Strong aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Sunday, after a barrage of powerful quakes jolted the region the day before, killing at least 14 people and toppling buildings.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast yesterday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea -- an accident not reported to the public for hours.
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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.
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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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At least four people were killed andmore than 200 others injured in a series of powerful earthquakes in northwestern Japan, mainly in the Niigata Prefecture, on Saturday evening.