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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on Jan. 6, followed by a series of sizeable aftershocks, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicenter of the first earthquake was in eastern Shimane prefecture, the agency said, adding that there was no danger of a tsunami.
Chugoku Electric Power, which runs the Shimane Nuclear Power Station about 32-km away, said operations were continuing as usual at its No.2 unit. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said there were no irregularities following the quake.
The plant’s No.2 unit restarted in December 2024 for the first time since all of Japan’s nuclear power plants were shut down in the aftermath of the March 2011 disasters in Fukushima…
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