The devastating earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula and its surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year s Day has claimed 57 lives as of Tuesday. As the international community offers their prayers and support to the survivors, concerns regarding the safety of nuclear power plants in Japan s coastal regions have also intensified as the memories and impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident, which occurred in 2011 when a massive 9-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami, resulting in a meltdown, still haunt.
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While a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China s Gansu Province, Monday at midnight, another 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred near the city of Artux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday morning.