Niigata marks 5th anniversary of fatal Chuetsu quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A memorial ceremony is held on July 16, 2012, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, to mark the fifth anniversary of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit the coast of the Chuetsu region in the prefecture claiming 15 lives.

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