Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011 05:30 +0900 (JST)
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.5 jolted Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday morning.
The Meteorological Agency says the quake occurred at around 3:53 AM.
The quake's focus is off Fukushima Prefecture and is 57 kilometers deep.
Tremors with an intensity of 5 plus on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 hit Naraha Town and Kawauchi Village in Fukushima.
There is no chance of a tsunami.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says there have been no reports of abnormalities at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants.
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