Japan Hunts For Injured After Powerful Quake
Rescue teams searched in dense fog and rain on Thursday, July 24, 2008, for victims of a powerful earthquake in northern Japan that left more than 110 people injured. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck just after midnight on the mountainous northern tip of Japan's main island of Honshu, triggering landslides. Just one month ago, an earthquake of 7.2 on the Richter scale hit the same area, leaving 23 people dead or missing. Japan experiences some 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes.