On October 23, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and striking only 13 kilometers underground rocked the central Niigata region, killing 40 people.

　　It was the deadliest quake in Japan since January 17, 1995, when 6,433 people died after a pre-dawn tremor in the western city of Kobe.

　　The Kobe quake was the most devastating in modern times to hit a city in the developed world. The 10th anniversary last month was marked in the rebuilt city by a UN conference on how to reduce the risks of disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis of the type that battered the Indian Ocean in December.

　　In autumn, nearly one million Japanese took part in earthquake preparation drills to mark another anniversary -- that of the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake which devastated the Tokyo region leaving 142,807 people dead or unaccounted for.

　　地震将东京从睡梦中摇醒

　　一场里氏5.4级的地震在拂晓之前震动了东京地区，剧烈的晃动把许多居民从床上摔了下来，造成至少19人受轻伤。

　　日本气象厅表示，地震发生在(2月16日)清晨4时46分。震中位于东京东北方向约130公里处的茨城县，震源位于地下40公里处。

　　通往东京东北部的部分常磐铁路干线和常磐地区的一段高速公路被预先关闭了，因为道路巡视员担心它们无法承受此次破坏。

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