Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, visits the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Japan in September. Photo: Kyodo
Natural disasters
Magnitude-6.5 earthquake jolts northern Japan, no threat of tsunami
- The Meteorological Agency said one of the aftershocks of the 2011 quake triggered tsunami waves, killing 18,500
- Earthquake-prone Japan sits at the convergence of four tectonic plates
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Natural disasters
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, visits the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Japan in September. Photo: Kyodo