Post date: Aug 11, 2011 9:55:37 PM
A strong earthquake shakes Japan's Fukushima prefecture, but no injury or damage -- including to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- were reported.
KORIYAMA CITY, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (AUGUST 12, 2011) NHK - A strong earthquake shook Japan's Fukushima prefecture early on Friday (August 12), public broadcaster NHK reported, but no tsunami alert was issued.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.0 and occurred offshore of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture at 3:22 a.m. Japan time.Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) reported that there had been no damage to nuclear reactors in the region including the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
All the water pumps to keep the nuclear reactors cool were operating normally, Tepco said in a release after the earthquake.
There were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the quake, NHK said in an earlier broadcast. It also said the quake caused no power shutdown or emergency controls on local transportation systems.
The March disaster cut power to the Fukushima power plant and triggered a radiation crisis.