6.2 quake gives north Japan area a mild jolt
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June 14, 2010, Monday
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AN earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted northern Japan yesterday, the Japan Meteorological agency said, though there were no reports of damage, and nuclear facilities in the area were unaffected.
The quake, at 12:33pm, was also felt in Tokyo.
The focus of the tremor was 40 kilometers below sea level off the east coast of Fukushima prefecture, on Japan's main island of Honshu, about 240 km northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
No tsunami warning was issued.
Kyodo news agency said there was no injuries reported in either Fukushima prefecture or Miyagi prefecture to the north.
Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear power plants were operating normally after the quake, a company spokesman said.
Tohoku Electric Power Co's Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture and Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori also continued their normal operations, company officials said.
Nippon Oil Corp's Sendai refinery in Miyagi was continuing normal operations after the quake and there were no reports of damage, a refinery official said.
Japan Energy group refinery Kashima plant in Ibaraki prefecture, south of Fukushima, has been shut for scheduled maintenance and no damage was reported, a plant official said.
The quake, at 12:33pm, was also felt in Tokyo.
The focus of the tremor was 40 kilometers below sea level off the east coast of Fukushima prefecture, on Japan's main island of Honshu, about 240 km northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
No tsunami warning was issued.
Kyodo news agency said there was no injuries reported in either Fukushima prefecture or Miyagi prefecture to the north.
Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear power plants were operating normally after the quake, a company spokesman said.
Tohoku Electric Power Co's Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture and Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori also continued their normal operations, company officials said.
Nippon Oil Corp's Sendai refinery in Miyagi was continuing normal operations after the quake and there were no reports of damage, a refinery official said.
Japan Energy group refinery Kashima plant in Ibaraki prefecture, south of Fukushima, has been shut for scheduled maintenance and no damage was reported, a plant official said.
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