After killer quake, Japan braces for more landslides

Thousands of weary and frightened residents in northern Japan spent a second night in shelters, cars or in the open on Sunday, after Japan&#...

Thousands of weary and frightened residents in northern Japan spent a second night in shelters, cars or in the open on Sunday, after Japan’s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 21 people.

Over 2,000 were injured when the 6.8 magnitude quake and a series of powerful aftershocks struck rural Niigata prefecture, 250 km north of Tokyo on Saturday.,setting off landslides, wrecking homes and buckling railway tracks.

Several aftershocks struck on Sunday, raising concerns of more landslides in the largely mountainous region. One slide devastated a village, killing at least two people and cutting off about 600 residents for more than 12 hours.

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The quake, coming days after a typhoon killed at least 80 people, is the deadliest in Japan since the Kobe earthquake killed more than 6,400 in 1995. , The quake and aftershocks shook buildings in Tokyo on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or major damage.

Meanwhile, officials warned of more landslides in areas hit recently by heavy rains from a record 10 typhoons to have hit Japan this year. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said the quake ‘‘must be beyond our imagination in terms of fear and damage’’.

—Reuters

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