Powerful quake hits Japan's Nagano Prefecture &rsa

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TOKYO —

Two powerful earthquakes hit an inland area northwest of Tokyo early Saturday, each measuring 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Nagano Prefecture,CHI Pink Dazzle Straightener, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The agency did not issue a tsunami warning. The 3:59 a.m. and 4:32 a.m. quakes,Chi Nano Digital Ceramic Iron, with preliminary magnitudes of 6.7 and 5.8 respectively,2011 New iTech Duo Curl Iron, hit areas including Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast,Chi Blue Zebra Flat iron, which is far from the Pacific coastal area jolted by a magnitude 8.8 quake the previous day.

Police said they had received reports of a mudslide in the city of Tokamachi as well as avalanches in Tokamachi and the town of Tsunan following the early morning quakes.

Wooden buildings including a town hall and a garage were reportedly destroyed and some sections of Route 117 were ruptured in the village of Sakae in Nagano, a village official said.

The focus of both predawn quakes was in central Niigata at a depth of 10 kilometers,ghd midnight collection, the agency said.

The first quake measured upper 6 in Niigata but Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it was continuing to operate its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in the prefecture.

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