Japan Quake Update: Magnitude 5.6 Quake Shakes Fukushima
Another earthquake happened in Japan. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 5.6 quake shook the Pacific off Honshu, near Fukushima’s plant region.
That is the area of northeast Japan ravaged by a March 11 quake and tsunami that knocked out power at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
The quake which happened around 3:35 a.m. Friday morning caused no immediate damage or casualties and no tsunami warning was issued.
The March 11 quake was magnitude 9.0 whick killed 22,600 people.
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