Japanese Earthquake Update of the Day: Japan was rattled again today by a powerful 7.1 magnitude aftershock that struck 41 miles east of Sendai around 11:30PM local time.
The unwelcome jolt occurred less than four weeks since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake killed tens of thousands and set off a nuclear crisis that continues to be a major concern for the area and the world.
Today’s aftershock — the strongest to date — triggered a tsunami alert and sparked a number of fires, but the National Police Agency said there have been no reports of casualties.
As a precautionary measure, workers as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were temporarily evacuated, but the cooling system continued pumping automatically, and TEPCO said there were no additional problems as a result of the aftershock. Three other nuclear facilities reportedly lost external power during the quake, but were able to continue operating their cooling systems with emergency diesel generators.
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