A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits the Japanese Aizu Islands
Tokyo (ST): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked the Aizu Islands in Honshu Prefecture, Japan today, without immediate reports of damage or the formation of a tsunami.
The Xinhua news agency quoted the US Geological Survey as saying: The quake struck at a depth of 409 kilometers, and its epicenter was at 29.05 degrees north latitude and 139.34 degrees east longitude.
Japan is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where seismic and volcanic activities abound.
In 2011, the country witnessed the largest environmental disaster after a strong earthquake measuring 9 degrees on the Richter scale, which caused a huge number of victims, and a tsunami that led to explosions in the reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which doubled the levels of radiation in the air surrounding the station.
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