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14 Avril 2013
April 14, 2013
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity Sunday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 10:25 p.m. quake registered intensity 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in several parts of the prefecture, including Tamura and Minamisoma, according to the agency.
No tsunami warning was issued following the quake originated off Fukushima at a depth of around 50 km.
Also no damage was confirmed at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants so far, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.