M6.4 Earthquake Right Off the Coast of Iwaki City, Fukushima

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Iwaki City is about 43 kilometers south of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. According to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, there has been no report of any damage at Fukushima I and Fukushima II.

The M6.4 earthquake hit at 3:54AM Japan Standard Time on July 31. It was felt throughout Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, and Chubu (eastern half of Japan). Naraha-machi, where Fukushima II Nuke Plant is located, had the seismic intensity of 5+.

The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks in the same area and Hokkaido.

 

For more, go to the Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake site:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20110731040357391-310354.html

 


 

via ex-skf.blogspot.com

There seems no end to these powerful earthquakes.

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M6.2 quake jolts Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures

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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures early Monday, but caused no abnormalities to the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the weather agency and the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. No tsunami warning was issued after the 3:51 a.m. quake occurred off Fukushima, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in southern and central Miyagi and Fukushima's coastal region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Kyodo)

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