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| Japan earthquake: Magnitude 6.1 tremors hit east coast | |
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| An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has been detected off the coast of Japan. | An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has been detected off the coast of Japan. |
| The US Geological Survey said that the earthquake struck about 175 miles south east of Kamaishi, and around 200 miles east of Fukushima. | |
| The depth of the earthquake, which struck at 2.37am local time, was measured at 10km. Details of any damage are yet to emerge. | |
| A tsunami sparked by an earthquake in the Pacific hit the nuclear plant in Fukushima in 2011 causing a major disaster - with the water disabling the emergency generators required to cool the reactors at the plant after they had automatically shut down. | |
| Residents of the area were evacuated, and an exclusion zone was set up. The zone was eventually made smaller and residents have recently been allowed to return to some areas. | |
| The incident led Japan to close all 54 of its nuclear plants for a time, while five are now back online. | |
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