pedestrians, react, in, nagaoka, city, niigata, prefecture, immediately, after, powerful, earthquake, struck, about, m, japan, time, yesterday, quake, measured, magnitude, to, originated, west, coast, kyushu, island, causing, reactor, world, s, largest, nuclear, power, plant, spill, radioactive, water, into, sea, accident, not, reported, public, several, hours, temblor, destroyed, this, roadway, kashiwazaki, hundreds, buildings, were, knocked, down, least, nine, people, killed, searches, victims, survivors, continuing, national, highway, was, rendered, impassable, media, reports, said, than, thousand, injured, area, plagued, by, series, aftershocks, tons, fallen, mud, loosened, buried, railroad, tracks, rescue, workers, search, wreckage, collapsed, homes, most, them, wooden, foot-wide, fissures, torn, ground, cars, proceeded, slowly, carefully, damaged, man, carries, empty, containers, over, shattered, pavement, thousands, cases, beer, many, bottles, covered, distribution, spot