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Disaster in Japan
Fresh earthquake jolts Fukushima nuclear plant
Reuters
Tokyo
Wednesday morning's new seismic activity registered 4.7 on the Richter scale. There were no reports of any further damage to the nuclear plant.
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- Japan turns to combat-style tactics to cool overheated uranium fuel
- Japanese are fleeing south for fear of unknown
- Workers abandon nuclear plant, Japan out of options to halt crisis
An earthquake jolted Japan on Wednesday near a nuclear plant crippled by a March 11 quake and tsunami but there were no immediate reports of any further damage.
The Wednesday quake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 and was at a depth of 10 km (six miles), Japan''s meteorological agency said.
The March 11 quake and tsunami seriously damaged the nuclear plant on Japan''s northeast coast and left 23,000 people dead or missing.
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