Niigata marks 5th anniversary of fatal Chuetsu quake

Niigata marks 5th anniversary of fatal Chuetsu quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - People who lost family members in a 2007 earthquake offer flowers during a memorial ceremony on July 16, 2012, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, which was held to mark the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit the coast of the Chuetsu region in the prefecture claiming 15 lives.

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