Several strong quakes rocks northeastern Japan
March 23rd, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by ANITokyo, Mar 23 (ANI): Several strong earthquakes shook northeastern parts of Japan on Wednesday morning, days after a devastaing 8.9 magnitude earthquake-cum-tsunami rocked the country on March 11, the Japan Meteorological Agency has said.
The Kyodo news agency quoted the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency as saying that the latest quake, which is believed to be the aftershock of the previous cathestrophic one, did not affect the already troubled Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants, and the ongoing reconstruction work there.
No tsunami warnings were issued following the quakes, it added.
Among them, a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 shook mainly Fukushima Prefecture at 7:12 a.m. local time.
The quake measured 7 in Iwaki, and 4 in several locations in Fukushima, Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures. It was followed by additional quakes, one of which also measured more than 5 in Fukushima Prefecture and lower than 5 in Ibaraki Prefecture, the agency added. (ANI)
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