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Earthquake Rocks Japan

Powerful quake kills 5, injures over 500

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• July 16: A house collapsed during a strong earthquake hit Kashiwazaki, Japan.
• July 16: An electrical transformer near one of the city's nuclear plant's four reactors is burnt black after a fire broke out during an earthquake in Kashiwazaki, Japan.
• July 16: A resident stands in front of a house collapsed by a strong earthquake in Kashiwazaki, Japan.
• July 16: Rescuers sift through the debris of a house collapsed by a strong earthquake in Kashiwazaki, Japan.
• July 16: People examine a road damaged by a strong earthquake in Kariwa, Japan.
• July 16: A man pedals a bicycle past a damaged house following a powerful quake that hit Kashiwazaki, Japan.
• July 16: Cars drive slowly along a road damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Japan's northwest coast.
• July 16: Cars drive slowly along a road damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Japan's northwest coast.
• July 17: Evacuees rest at a shelter in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan.
• July 17: Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near one of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Plant's four reactors after a fire broke out, following a strong earthquake in Kashiwazaki, northwestern Japan.
• July 17: Cave-ins caused by Monday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake are seen in a land near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan.
• July 17: A road is heavily damaged in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan.
• July 17: A family of evacuees rest at a shelter in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan.
• July 17: A man stands outside a heavily damaged temple in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan.
• July 17: A rescue worker conducts search on a possible quake victim still trapped in a collapsed house with a dog in Kashiwazaki, northeastern Japan.