Police and rescue services are investigating the areas and communities where the earthquake was strongest.
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred in Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas in northeastern Japan on the morning of January 23. This was reported by Kyodo News.
The epicenter of the earthquake was four kilometers deep.
In other parts of Fukushima Prefecture and nearby Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata, a weaker magnitude 3 tremor was recorded.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the two nuclear power plants Fukushima 1 and Fukushima 2, said no anomalies were detected at both sites, and readings at monitoring posts for radiation levels around the nuclear power plant did not record changes in background radiation.
Police and rescue services are investigating the areas and communities where the earthquake was strongest.
We would like to remind you that on January 13, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred in southern Japan. A tsunami warning has been issued for Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures. The epicenter of the disaster was located 11 km off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture.
And recently, a strong earthquake in Taiwan injured 27 people. Six of them, including a one-month-old baby, were rescued from the rubble of the building.
It was also reported that the earthquake in Tibet killed 125 people, the number of victims rose to 337. More than 1,600 tremors occurred in the disaster area, which complicated the transfer of more than 47,000 victims to temporary shelters.
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