Three found dead at Japan hot spring resort after Earthquake

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Three found dead at Japan hot spring resort after Earthquake*

15 Jun 2008 06:11:56 GMT
Source: Reuters

TOKYO, June 15 (Reuters) - Three people were found dead under the rubble
of an inn on Sunday in a hot spring resort swamped by a massive
landslide after a powerful earthquake that rocked rural northern Japan,
a local government official said.

They were among seven people believed trapped in the two-storey inn,
whose first floor had completely collapsed when the quake hit on Saturday.

These three deaths took the toll from the 7.2 magnitude quake to nine,
the official said. (Reporting by Teruaki Ueno; Editing by Jerry Norton)