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One dead, 162 hurt as quake jolts Japan
AFP   Sunday, 25 March 2007

A man looks at a collapsed house in Anamizu town in Ishikawa prefecture after a massive earthquake attacked northern Japan. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake has rocked Japan, killing one person and injuring more than 162 others as homes were reduced to rubble and parts of roads destroyed, officials said.(AFP/JijiPress/Hokkoku Shimbun)AFP - A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan on Sunday, killing one person and injuring at least 162 others as homes were reduced to rubble and roads destroyed, officials said.


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