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  • on earthquake of magnitude 5.6 has struck near the Japanese city of Fukushima in the northeast of the country.

  • The nearby nuclear plant is not said tohave being affected.

  • The quake's epicenter was some 50 kilometres below the surface.

  • I wasn't at home, so I was quite surprised.

  • But a store clerk guided us so there wasn't any panicking.

  • Fukushima was one of the most badly affected areas in the march.

  • The 11th 2011 earthquake, which caused the worst catastrophe in a nearby nuclear power plant since the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine in 1986 tremor nearly six years ago, was followed by a devastating tsunami wave which left thousands dead or missing.

on earthquake of magnitude 5.6 has struck near the Japanese city of Fukushima in the northeast of the country.

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