Strong earthquake M 6.0 struck near crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant [1]

Thewatchers.adorraeli, By: Adonai, 08/04/13

A strong earthquake registered as M 6.0 (JMA) on Richter scale struck northeastern Japan on August 4, 2013 at 03:28 UTC. JMA reported depth of 50 km. This earthquake was 41 km away from March 11, 2011 devastating M 9.0 "Tohoku earthquake" and about 109 km away from crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

 

There was no risk of a tsunami, JMA said. Operator of crippled nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi said no problems were reported there or at another one of its nuclear plants in Fukushima. USGS measured magnitude 5.8 earthquake and depth of 46 km.

 

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