M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - An electric transformer at the No. 3 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture caught fire July 16 as an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of the prefecture and its vicinity earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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