#earthquake with depth around 60km. It was preceded by a foreshock too which I felt."Tragically it was only last week that the country paid tribute to those that died in 2011's 9.0 earthquake and tsunami which led to large areas around the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant being completely irradiated.
Thankfully, by comparison, today's earthquake was considerably less powerful registering a magnitude of 7.3. However, that is still too strong for people to stand, according to public broadcaster NHK.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here..
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