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5.3 earthquake hits Fukushima, near nuclear plant

5.3 earthquake in Fukushima did no damage to the prefecture's troubled nuclear plant, according to Tokyo Electric. The 5.3 earthquake hit early Friday morning in Japan. 

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, third right, wearing a red helmet, is briefed about tanks containing radioactive water by Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono, fourth right, during his inspection tour to the tsunami-crippled plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. A 5.8 earthquake hit the Fukushima area, but officials say there was no damage to the plant.
  • By Reuters

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck聽Fukushima聽Prefecture in聽Japan聽early Friday morning, Kyodo reported, quoting the聽Japan聽Meteorological Agency.

No tsunami warning has been issued, the news agency said.

The focus of the quake was around 20 km (12.4 miles) underground in the prefecture, which hosts Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc's聽Fukushima聽Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Kyodo said.

There was no damage to the nuclear plant, Japanese media quoted Tokyo Electric as saying.

Japanese Prime Minister聽Shinzo Abe聽instructed Tokyo Electric on Thursday to decommission the remaining two reactors at the聽Fukushima聽Daiichi nuclear power plant, where four other reactors were devastated by a massive earthquake in 2011.

U.S. Geological Survey said on its website that the earthquake's magnitude was 5.3.

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