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Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong Earthquake jolts Japan disaster zone
* From correspondents in Tokyo
* From: AFP
* August 12, 2011 5:27AM
A 5.9-MAGNITUDE earthquake shook northeast Japan today, jolting
the area devastated by a quake and tsunami in March, but there
were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami
warning.
The quake hit at 3.22 am local time (4.22am AEST) at a depth of 38
kilometres, with its epicentre 18 kilometres from Iwaki city in
Fukushima prefecture, the United States Geological Survey said.
Fukushima has been the site of the world's worst nuclear crisis in
25 years since the March tsunami damaged an atomic plant there,
which leaked radiation into the air, soil and sea, and forced
thousands to leave their homes.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the crippled plant, said
it had noticed no additional problems resulting from the latest
quake, which also shook buildings in Tokyo.
The Japan Meteorological Agency measured the quake at 6.0 and its
depth at 50 kilometres.
The tsunami generated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March wiped
out whole stretches of the country's northeast coast, leaving more
than 20,000 people dead or missing.
Japan, located at the junction of four tectonic plates,
experiences 20 per cent of the strongest quakes recorded on Earth
each year.