M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A pine tree leans after being hit by a house that was destroyed in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 16 as an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day.

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