TOKYO (REUTERS) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted north-east Japan on Saturday (May 1), shaking buildings in the capital of Tokyo and raising the possibility of landsides, although no tsunami alert was issued.
The earthquake struck off the coast of north-eastern Miyagi prefecture at a depth of 60km, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
It warned about possible landslides.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Buildings shook in Tokyo, the capital, some 400km away and public broadcaster NHK showed footage of a building shaking strongly in the north-eastern city of Sendai.
At the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was wrecked by a massive earthquake in north-east Japan a decade ago, operator Tokyo Electric Power said there were no issues.
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On March 9, 2011, after 39 flights over 27 years of service, the space shuttle Discovery made its final landing at Kennedy Space Center.
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On March 9, 1945, more than 300 American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo with incendiary bombs, killing about 100,000 people and destroying an estimated 250,000 buildings over 16 square miles. File Photo by Ishikawa Kōyō/Wikimedia
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