Yeah I just checked the USGS before getting ready to go to sleep and then poked my head back in FR, uhg, but nothing on the world report at the USGS site yet.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/uspyal/
NEIC location map doesn't quite jibe with the text location; I think the map is correct, as it matches the Japanese statement of the epicenter (which actually is closer to Nagaoka city than Niigata.)