TOKYO —
A strong earthquake struck Thursday morning near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a powerful tsunami earlier this year. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake struck shortly before 4:30 a.m. local time. It hit 101 kilometers east of the nuclear power plant. The quake struck at a depth of 37 kilometers.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not immediately issue a tsunami alert.
Similar quakes have struck in the region since a March 11 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami wiped out part of Japan’s northeastern coast and left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing.
The region lies on the “Ring of Fire”—an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim. About 90 percent of the world’s quakes occur in the region.
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