新にい潟がた県けん中ちゅう越えつ地じ震しんMeaningsNoun1. Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)Kanji used新new潟lagoon県prefecture中in越go beyond地ground震tremorsComposed of新にい潟がたNiigata (city, prefecture)Noun県けんprefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)Noun中ちゅう越えつChūetsu (region in Niigata); China and Vietnam; Sino-VietnameseNoun地じ震しんearthquakeNoun