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Deadly Earthquake in Western Japan

by VOA News

   At least three people are dead after a strong earthquake struck western
   Japan Monday.

   The Japan Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 6.1 quake struck
   just north of the country's second-largest city of Osaka around 8 a.m.
   local time, just as commuters were beginning the rush hour to work.
   Train service was halted after reports of damage in several stations.

   The quake collapsed walls and triggered water main breaks and building
   fires. Japanese news outlets say a 9-year-old girl and an 80-year old
   man were killed when they were buried under collapsed walls. An 84-year
   old man died when he war trapped under a fallen bookcase in his home.

   No tsunami warning was issued after Monday's quake, which struck seven
   years after a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami
   killed thousands of people and triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima
   nuclear plant in northwestern Japan.