Strong earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rattles Japan

Tokyo/Fukushima: A strong aftershock of magnitude 5.9 today jolted Japan as its
workers scrambled hard to stabilise radiation-leaking Fukushima nuclear plant, where the level of highly toxic water in a reactor’s tunnel had risen.
The new quake struck the Kanto region in eastern Japan at 11:19 am local time and was centred about 79 km below the ground in southern Ibaraki prefecture, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency.
There were no initial reports of damage from the tremor, which shook buildings in Tokyo as well, more than a month after a monster magnitude-9 quake and tsunami left nearly 30,000 people dead or unaccounted for.
The quake came hours after the government’s nuclear safety agency asked operators of 13 nuclear plants across the country to step up their preparation to avoid outages and other damage to the facilities in the event of an earthquake.