TOKYO: Residents here are bracing for the worst after Japan's deadliest earthquake in nearly a decade but scientists say it is hard to predict when and where the next major tremor will strike.
A series of quakes in northern Niigata prefecture, led by a tremor measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Saturday, buckled roads, smashed houses and left 25 people dead, 1,960 injured and 97,800 seeking refuge.
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