Several strong quakes hit northwestern Japan; 3 dead, more than 300 injured
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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 has rocked northern Japan, injuring 13 people, in a new sign of seismic activity a month after the country&#39;s deadliest tremor in a decade.
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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's deadliest quake in nine years killed  at least 23 people two days ago and injured more than 2,000.
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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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A strong earthquake jolted the northwestern Japanese area of Niigata on Monday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The preliminary magnitude was 6.6.
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Two strong earthquakes, the first 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 tsunamis.
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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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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.
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A second strong earthquake measuring 7.3 on the open-ended Richter scale hit western Japan on Sunday evening, just hours after the region was rocked by a similarly intense quake, public broadcaster NHK said.
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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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A powerful earthquake and strong aftershocks rocked northern Japan, killing at least six people, injuring more than 500 while knocking out power and
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OJIYA, Japan  - Dozens of aftershocks shook  northern Japan on Sunday after a powerful earthquake killed at  least 17 people and injured nearly 1,000 as houses collapsed  and landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds.
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A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday morning and caused buildings in the capital Tokyo to sway. The Meteorological Agency said small tsunamis as high as 20 inches were believed to have hit coasts in the area.
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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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Northwestern Japan was jolted by aftershocks after a series of earthquakes killed 23 and injured more than 2,100, forcing thousands more to seek shelter in the deadliest temblor since 1995.
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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 earthquake jolted the  northwestern Japanese area of Niigata on Monday, the Japanese  Meteorological Agency said. The preliminary magnitude was 6.6.