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Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 55 With Search On for Those Still Trapped
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 55 With Search On for Those Still Trapped

Updated Jan. 2, 2024 11:42 am ETThe smoking ruins of what was a popular market for tourists and a seven-story building lying on its side testified to the destruction left by a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan that killed at least 55 people.The city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast suffered some of the worst damage from the magnitude 7.6 quake. Japan’s military was mobilized along with police and fire units to deliver relief supplies and try to rescue those buried under homes and buildings.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Tsunami Warning Issued in Japan After Powerful Earthquake
1Jan By adminNo Comments
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Tsunami Warning Issued in Japan After Powerful Earthquake

TOKYO—A tsunami warning was in effect on the west coast of Japan after a powerful earthquake. Public broadcaster NHK said a tsunami slightly higher than one meter struck the Noto Peninsula on the Japan Sea coast of Japan and tsunamis of up to five meters were possible. NHK said the earthquake struck at around 4:10 p.m. Monday at the tip of the peninsula. The U.S. Geological Survey, in a preliminary estimate, said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Morocco Earthquake Death Toll Nears 2,900 as Survival Hopes Dwindle
12Sep By adminNo Comments
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Morocco Earthquake Death Toll Nears 2,900 as Survival Hopes Dwindle

Sept. 12, 2023 4:06 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)IMI N’TALA, Morocco—Survivors of a deadly earthquake in rural Morocco tried to gather enough food, water and shelter with the help of mostly private donations, after authorities here accepted aid from only a handful of countries.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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