M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Rescue workers commence work at a collapsed house in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 16 after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of the prefecture and its vicinity earlier in the day.

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