TOKYO: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan early Thursday, but the authorities did not report a tsunami.
It hit 281 kilometers (175 miles) east of the city of Kamaishi on Honshu, the largest Japanese island, at a depth of only 10 kilometers, said the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The Japan Meteorological Agency stated that no tsunami warning was in effect and that the USGS stated that only a slight tremor would have been felt on Honshu and that the risk of damage was likely to be minor.
Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences a number of relatively violent earthquakes each year.
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But rigid building codes and the strict application of these mean that even strong tremors usually do little damage.
A massive underwater earthquake that struck in March 2011 sent a tsunami to the northeast coast of Japan leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing and sending three reactors into the collapse of the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
It was the worst atomic accident in the world since Chernobyl in 1986. The Tokyo Electric company is trying to clean up and dismantle the reactors in a process planned for the last few decades.
It hit 281 kilometers (175 miles) east of the city of Kamaishi on Honshu, the largest Japanese island, at a depth of only 10 kilometers, said the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The Japan Meteorological Agency stated that no tsunami warning was in effect and that the USGS stated that only a slight tremor would have been felt on Honshu and that the risk of damage was likely to be minor.
Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences a number of relatively violent earthquakes each year.
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But rigid building codes and the strict application of these mean that even strong tremors usually do little damage.
A massive underwater earthquake that struck in March 2011 sent a tsunami to the northeast coast of Japan leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing and sending three reactors into the collapse of the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
It was the worst atomic accident in the world since Chernobyl in 1986. The Tokyo Electric company is trying to clean up and dismantle the reactors in a process planned for the last few decades.
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