An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan on Thursday around 7:05 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
There were no reports of abnormalities due to the quake at Tokyo Electric Power's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a spokeswoman for the utility said.
The focus of the tremor was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, about 240 km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the meteorological agency said.
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