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Strong quake jolts Japan

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Tokyo: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off northeast Japan’s Fukushima region, home to a crippled nuclear power plant, early on Sunday, but there was no risk of a tsunami, seismologists said.

The tremor at 3:54 am (1854 GMT Saturday) injured seven people but caused no damage to the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which was ravaged by a 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami in March, the national Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.

In the city of Hitachinaka, a 60-year-old man broke his wrist when he was jolted off his bed by the tremor, media reports said. Two elderly women, aged 69 and 90, were hurt when they fell over at their homes in Koriyama.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the tremor was presumed to be an aftershock of the March 11 quake. (PTI)

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