Japan rocked by strong quake

A strong earthquake has rocked northeastern Japan, which is still recovering from the devastating tsunami six months ago. The quake yesterday had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was...

A strong earthquake has rocked northeastern Japan, which is still recovering from the devastating tsunami six months ago.

The quake yesterday had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The earthquake was centred off Fukushima, which was severely hit by the quake and tsunami in March that left more than 21,000 people dead or missing.

The March disaster touched off the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, generating meltdowns, fires and explosions at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility.

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