A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
A powerful earthquake rocked eastern
Japan
Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the
crippled
Fukushima
nuclear plant.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6 quake, with an epicenter 10
kilometers deep, was centered 166 kilometers east-northeast of
Tokyo
,
where buildings swayed.
Japan
's
meteorological agency also located the quake off the coast of
Ibaraki
prefecture, south of the stricken plant.
A very small change of tidal level was forecast but wasn't expected to cause
any damage.
Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) said the stricken
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant remained stable.
A magnitude 9 earthquake in March 2011 triggered a monster tsunami that killed
more than 19,000 people and crippled the cooling systems at the
Fukushima
plant, causing meltdowns in some of its reactors.
Radiation leaked into the air, soil and sea around the plant, forcing tens of
thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
A number of powerful aftershocks have shaken the region since the March quake.
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