M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A collapsed slope covers a section of the JR Shinetsu Line near Oumigawa Station (L, top) in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 16 after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day. (Kyodo)

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