M6.0 quake jolts Fukushima, no tsunami warning issued (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Fukushima Prefecture early Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.

The 3:22 a.m. quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Tomioka in the prefecture, where Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant is located, according to the agency. The utility company said the temblor caused no fresh abnormalities either at the Daini plant or the nearby crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant.

The quake also registered 4 on the Japanese scale in several other parts of the prefecture as well as in parts of Miyagi, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, the agency said.

According to local firefighters in Fukushima Prefecture, a 45-year-old man fell off a bed at his home in Koriyama, sustaining minor injuries to his head.

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**Guessing these are after shocks..After shocks continue months after the main event, according to the USGS.