A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region devastated by a 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Aerial footage showed tsunami waves flowing up rivers in some areas, and some fishing boats were overturned in the port of Higashi-Matsushima before the JMA lifted its warnings. The March 11, 2011, quake was magnitude 9, the strongest quake ever recorded in Japan. “I felt like the lessons of 3-11 were really taken to heart," said Krauth, who teaches a class on the March 2011 disaster and its aftermath. A spokesman said there were no injuries or damage at the plant, which was badly damaged in the 2011 disaster.

Source: Egypt Independent November 22, 2016 09:30 UTC