Several strong quakes jolt northeastern Japan

TOKYO, March 23, Kyodo

Several strong earthquakes jolted northeastern Japan on Wednesday morning, after the area was severely damaged by the devastating March 11 quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

No tsunami warnings were issued following the quakes, believed to be the aftershocks of the deadly quake, while the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants were not damaged by them and the ongoing reconstruction work there was not hindered, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

Among them, a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted mainly Fukushima Prefecture at 7:12 a.m., where a disaster has been unfolding at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in the wake of the March 11 quake.

The quake measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Iwaki, Fukushima, and 4 in several locations in Fukushima, Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures, according to the agency.

It was followed by additional quakes, one of which also measured upper 5 in Fukushima Prefecture and lower 5 in Ibaraki Prefecture.

It was the first time that an aftershock measured upper 5 since Saturday.

==Kyodo

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