Four dead as Japan hit by series of quakes
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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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Strong aftershocks have continued to hit Japan two days after 24 people died in the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in almost a decade.
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At least four people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported. A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan shortly after 7pm (2000 AEST), followed five hours
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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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Japan resumed rescue efforts at first light on Monday as aftershocks rattled the area where the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 23
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Shaken by a string of deadly earthquakes and aftershocks, Japan is in the grips of an unlikely rescue saga. Rescue teams working in Nagaoka, one of the city&#39;s worst-hit by the initial earthquake on Saturday
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A series of earthquakes shook central Japan in Niigata prefecture, where quakes that began last month have killed more than 30 people.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 and  several powerful aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Saturday,  killing at least four people and injuring more than 400 while  knocking out power and phone services, media said.
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About 4,000 people in Sri Lanka,India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have been killed by horrible tsunamis triggered by devastating earthquake on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation&#39;s deadliest earthquakes in nearly a decade killed 31 people and injured as many as 2,900.
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At least 18 people were killed, nearly 900 injured and at least three missing in Niigata Prefecture after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked northern Japan along the Sea of
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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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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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TOKYO : More aftershocks jolted central Japan on Monday, following a powerful earthquake on Saturday that left 25 people dead. It is the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nearly a decade.
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Four Britons were confirmed dead after Asian countries were hit by massive tidal waves triggered by a earthquake, the Foreign Office said.
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Strong aftershocks are still shaking northern Japan after the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 24 people.
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THE DISASTER: A series of earthquakes that hit northeastern Japan &#151; the largest measuring magnitude 6.8 &#151; leaves 98,000 residents in shelters.