Strong earthquake shakes northern Japan
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 has shaken northern Japan in the same region that was hit by a deadly tremor last month, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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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  23 people and injured more than 2,000 two days ago, media  reported.
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An earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 6.8 and a series of big aftershocks rocked  northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least one person and  injuring dozens while triggering landslides and knocking out  power.
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and several aftershocks hit northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 250 while knocking
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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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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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TOKYO  - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale rocked the northern Japan island of Hokkaido, said the Kyodo news agency.
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A powerful earthquake and strong  aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least  six people and injuring more than 500 while knocking out power  and phone services and cutting off gas and water, media said.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude 5.8 jolted northern Japan on Monday, public  broadcaster NHK said. The quake, at 11:16 a.m. (9:16 p.m. EST),  was also felt in Tokyo.
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An earthquake in Ojiya in the Niigata province in Northern Japan measured 6.8 on the Richter scale and shook Tokyo, Japan&#39;s capital, 256km to the south.
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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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NAGAOKA, JAPAN - Another strong earthquake rocked northern Japan early Wednesday, just hours after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited the area already devastated by a severe weekend quake.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - A powerful earthquake 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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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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Japan&#39;s northern prefecture of Niigata, struck on Saturday by the country&#39;s deadliest temblor since 1995, was today rocked by fresh earthquakes strong enough to sway buildings in Tokyo.
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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 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.