Quake Hits Japan

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  Video: Roads Split Open, Swallow Cars As Massive Quake Hits Japan

  At least 30 people have been killed and scores more are feared trapped under debris after a devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on New Year's Day. The massive quake was followed by over 150 back-to-back tremors over the next 24 hours

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  Japan Lifts All Tsunami Warnings, Day After Metre-High Waves Hit Coast

  Japan has lifted all the tsunami warnings and advisories put in place after a major quake on New Year's Day, a meteorological agency official told AFP on Tuesday.

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  Japan Earthquake Casualties "Numerous", Damage "Extensive": PM

  Japan Earthquake: A major quake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day has caused "extensive" damage with numerous casualties, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.

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  Tsunami Threat After Powerful Japan Quake "Has Largely Passed": US Agency

  The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.

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  First Tsunami Waves Hit Japan After 7.5 Quake, Residents Asked To "Run"

  A powerful 7.5 earthquake hit central Japan on Monday, the USGS said, prompting tsunami warnings and authorities to urge people in the area to move to higher ground."All residents must evacuate immediately to higher ground," national broadcaster said

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  Toshiba Halts Operations at Japan Chip Plant After Quake

  Toshiba said that it had suspended operations at a plant in Oita, southern Japan, that makes semiconductors used in cars and industrial machinery, after a strong earthquake hit the area at the weekend.

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  6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Tokyo, No Tsunami Warning

  A 6.1-magnitude quake hit Japan capital Tokyo today, the country's top Meteorological Agency said.

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  Trains Halted, Scores Injured As Japan Cleans Up After Strong Quake

  Trains were halted over a wide swath of northeastern Japan on Sunday after more than 100 people were injured in an earthquake that appeared to be an aftershock from the devastating quake that hit the area in 2011.

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  7.3 Magnitude Quake Rattles East Japan, No Tsunami Risk

  A strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's east coast late Saturday, rattling the region hit by the powerful 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown just weeks before the disaster's 10th anniversary.

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  3 Dead As Quake Hits Japan's Osaka; Violent Shaking, Strongest In Record

  Three people were confirmed dead and almost 100 injured after a strong earthquake hit Osaka on Monday morning, rattling one of Japan's industrial heartlands and halting trains and factories across the region.

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  Quake Hits Off Japan's Fukushima, No Damage Or Tsunami Risk Reported

  A moderately strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima on Thursday but no fresh damage to the crippled nuclear power plant there was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said.

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  5.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Central Japan, No Tsunami Warning

  A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Japan Sunday morning but there was no tsunami warning, Japanese and US authorities said.

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  Tsunami Hits Japan After Strong Earthquake, Fukushima Nuclear Plant Briefly Disrupted

  A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011.

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  6.9 Earthquake Hits Japan, Triggers Fukushima Tsunami

  A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering tsunamis along the coast including a one-metre (3.3-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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  Strong 6.4 Quake Hits Eastern Japan

  A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Japan on Friday, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.