<p><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4d9448ba49e2aecb38400000-590-442/Screen%20shot%202011-03-31%20at%205.25.51%20AM.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="fukushima" width="480" /><p class="source"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fukushima-1.JPG">wiki commons</a></p><p class="caption"><keyword id="281102" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fukushima">Fukushima</keyword></p></div></div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">A moderate <keyword id="6362774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="earthquake">earthquake</keyword> has hit <keyword id="6355311" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Japan">Japan</keyword> near the country's defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/380747538783277056">strong shaking has been reported</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">, according to The Weather Channel.</span></p>
<p>The earthquake registered a 5.3 on the Richter magnitude scale. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">There isn't believed to be any danger of a tsunami </span><a href="https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/380748687154372609">because the earthquake was centered on land</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p>
<p><span>No issues have been reported at the power plant so far.</span></p>
<div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #222222;">In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami caused radiation leaks at the Fukushima plant. The site was highly contaminated and nearby residents had to be evacuated from the area.</span></div>

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5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan Near Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

wiki commonsFukushimaA moderate earthquake has hit Japan near the country's defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant and strong shaking has been reported, according to The Weather Channel. The earthquake registered a 5.3 on the Richter magnitude scale. There isn't believed to be any danger of a tsunami because the earthquake was centered on land. No issues have been reported at the power plant so far. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami caused radiation leaks at the Fukushima plant. The site was highly contaminated and nearby residents had to be evacuated from the area.

wiki commonsFukushimaA moderate earthquake has hit Japan near the countrys defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant and strong shaking has been reported, according to The Weather Channel. 
The earthquake registered a 5.

5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan Near Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

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