Monday, July 16, 2007

VOA News - Powerful Quake Strikes Northwestern Japan; 7 Dead, 700 Injured

re: "A strong earthquake has hit northwestern Japan, killing at least seven people and causing a small radiation leak at a nuclear power plant. /Officials at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant say the earthquake sparked a fire at the site, which led to water containing radioactive material leaking into the Sea of Japan. They say the radioactivity level of the water is within safety levels and poses no danger to the environment. / About 800 people in northwestern Japan are suffering from injuries from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck Monday just off the coast, southwest of Niigata City. /The earthquake and its aftershocks caused hundreds of buildings to collapse and made buildings sway in Tokyo, 250 kilometers away..."...

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