Strong earthquake shakes Japan’s northeastern coast

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a robust earthquake has hit off the coast of northeastern Japan, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and different areas.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV mentioned the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant was nonetheless checking if there have been any issues, and there have been no instant reviews of irregularities from different nuclear vegetation within the space following Saturday evening’s magnitude 7.1 quake.
There is not any hazard of a tsunami, in line with NHK TV.
The company mentioned the quake was centered about 60 kilometres (37 miles) beneath the ocean mattress.
The shaking was felt in Tokyo, to the southwest.
The similar space was slammed by a tsunami, quake and nuclear catastrophe in March 2011.