Death toll rises to 9, nearly 1,000 hurt in Niigata quake

Death toll rises to 9, nearly 1,000 hurt in Niigata quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Cracks are seen in a concrete chimney at a garbage incineration facility in the city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 17, a day after a major earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.8 struck the area.

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