Yesterday 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture south of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but no tsunami warning was issue
The quake shook buildings in Tokyo, but there was no damage immediately reported, public broadcaster NHK said, adding that flights at the capital's Narita Airport were briefly suspended for safety checks before resuming.
The USGS said the quake struck at 6.56pm and was centred 98 kilometres south of Fukushima and 142 kilometres from Tokyo.
The quake struck at a depth of 24.7 kilometres.
Japan's meteorological agency measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.1.
The quake shook buildings in Tokyo, but there was no damage immediately reported, public broadcaster NHK said, adding that flights at the capital's Narita Airport were briefly suspended for safety checks before resuming.
The USGS said the quake struck at 6.56pm and was centred 98 kilometres south of Fukushima and 142 kilometres from Tokyo.
The quake struck at a depth of 24.7 kilometres.
Japan's meteorological agency measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.1.

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