An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity Monday morning. Earthquake toppled houses, causing a fire at a nuclear power plant and suspending bullet train services. A lot of damage experienced to many of the old structures. Japanese television reports mentioned five people were killed and over 800 reported injuries. The summer rains have also just started, so they are also expecting landsliding to occur in the mountain areas. Hope everyone is safe.
I'm not sure what part of Niigata was affected, but Nagano is another area that was mentioned - hit hard by the quake.
Oh oh, I'm feeling some small tremors as I'm posting this....whoa...(not joking) and I live in Kanagawa, Tokyo.