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The
quake, with a magnitude of 7.2, hit the coast of Miyagi
Prefecture at 6:26 p.m. (0926 GMT) at a depth of 60 km (40
miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
All tsunami alerts were lifted about an hour later, broadcaster
NHK said after warning the public not to go near the shore.
There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
Tokyo Electric Power said it had found no irregularities at its
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant - wrecked by the massive March
2011 quake that caused nuclear meltdowns and mass evacuations. A
spokesman said there were also no irregularities at its nearby
Daini facility.
There were no irregularities at Tohoku Electric Power Co's
Onagawa nuclear plant, the nuclear regulator said in an email.
Service on the Tohoku shinkansen bullet train was halted, NHK
said.
About 200 households in Kurihara city, Miyagi Prefecture, lost
power because of the quake, the trade and industry ministry
said.
"It was a really bad, long shaking from side-to-side. It was
even longer than the quake last month, but at least the building
here is all right," Shizue Onodera told NHK from the shop where
she works in the city of Ishinomaki.
"Lots of bottles smashed on the floor," she said. "The
electricity is on."
NHK footage from inside its Sendai bureau showing a plaque
suspended from the ceiling shaking for about 30 seconds
following the tremor. It did not report any items falling from
shelves or any immediate damage.
The quake could be felt in Tokyo, about 400 km (250 miles) south
of the epicentre.
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Additional Reporting by Elaine
Lies; Writing by William Mallard; Editing by Kim Coghill and
Frances Kerry)
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