В октябре 2004, землетрясение магнитудой 6.8 в регионе Нигата (Niigata) убило около 40 людей, пострадало более 3000.
In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Niigata region in northern Japan, killing more than 40 people and injuring more than 3000.