AP: A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, leaving at least six people dead, 11 people missing and nearly 200 others injured, authorities said.
AP: Chinese soldiers completed work on a channel to divert water from a lake formed when landslides triggered by the earthquake blocked the Tongkou River. Water levels in the lake had been rising steadily and threatened to flood surrounding areas.
Two pandas that live at the Wolong Reserve in the area of China hardest hit by the earthquake are still missing. The quake damaged the panda enclosures at the reserve which is just 20 miles from the quake’s epicenter.
AP: China: Earthquake buried 32 sources of radiation
NPR reporter Melissa Block was in the process of recording an interview when Monday’s earthquake hit. She then fled the building and reported on the scene in the city’s streets.
AP: A powerful earthquake trapped nearly 900 students in central China on Monday after their school collapsed and at least 107 people were killed across several provinces.
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