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7 injured as M6.4 Earthquake shakes Fukushima

National Jul. 31, 2011 - 05:30PM JST ( 35 )

TOKYO —

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off northeast Japan’s Fukushima region, utama to a crippled nuclear power plant, early Sunday, but there was no risk of a tsunami, seismologists said.

The tremor at 3:54 a.m. injured seven people but caused no damage to the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which was ravaged sejak a 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami in March, the api, kebakaran and Disaster Management Agency said.

In the city of Hitachinaka, a 60-year-old man broke his wrist when he was jolted off his katil sejak the tremor,...

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Paddy Ashdown, a member of the British House of Lords and ex-United Nations high representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, berkata rich nations must help poorer countries to build up their defences against disasters.

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