Japan Earthquakes Leave at Least 23 Dead
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Yoshikazu Ogawa stood outside the pile of rubble that was once his home, poking around the plaster and wood that had suddenly come crashing down on his two minivans when a series of earthquakes hit northern Japan, killing at least 23 people and injuring some 2,000.
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A strong earthquake shook the ground of northern Japan Wednesday, following a string of quakes and aftershocks that started over the weekend and killed 31 people.
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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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TOKAMACHI, Japan, Oct 26  - The death toll from powerful quakes in central Japan has risen to 26 with 2,500 people injured and three still missing, police said Tuesday.
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that have hit the Niigata region, the Meteorological Agency said. A series of smaller quakes followed. No tsunami. hospital after being buried in a landslide and six people who were hurt slightly by parts of a wall that collapsed.
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The quake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, occurred 20km underground in Niigata prefecture, some 200km northwest of Tokyo. 23 October, and 39 people have died as a result of that.
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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (NNN): Two days after a tremor in the area left 24 people dead, a powerful aftershock measuring 5.6 in magnitude has shaken Japan&#39;s northern Niigata region.
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ONE person is dead, another missing, and 23 injured after a series of earthquakes in southwestern China&#39;s Yunnan province, state media and officials have reported.
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NAGAOKA, Japan -- Emergency workers struggled to rush food and blankets to crowded evacuation centers as strong aftershocks jolted an earthquake-shattered swath of northern Japan yesterday. The weekend quakes killed 26 people and drove about 100,000 from their homes.
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Thousands of people were spending the night in emergency shelters after the deadliest quakes to hit Japan in nearly a decade killed 23 people and injured more than 900, police and reports said.
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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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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 12,000 people prepared for a second night in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake the previous day killed nine people, injured more than 1,000 and triggered radioactive leaks from a nuclear 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 string of strong earthquakes shook parts of Japan on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 900 others, overwhelming small hospitals in the quakes&#39; vicinity.
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At least 15 people died in a series of seven earthquakes that struck northwest Japan yesterday, collapsing homes and highways, cutting power and derailing a high- speed ``bullet&#39;&#39; train.
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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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TOKYO : A series of powerful earthquakes in central Japan, with an initial tremor measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, left 19 people dead and four missing and injured nearly 900 people, police said.