On March 30, four aftershocks measuring 5 magnitude hit eastern coast of Honshu Island of Japan, RAS Geophysical Survey reports.

The quake epicenter was 100-300 km of Japan’s coast in the Pacific at the depth of 33 km, ITAR-TASS reports.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, on March 11, the biggest earthquake (9 magnitude) in the recent years hit the northeast of Japan, triggering a 10-meter tsunami and followed by several powerful aftershocks. The epicenter is located 373 to north-east from Japan’s capital, Tokyo at the depth of 24 kilometers. A massive earthquake damaged cooling functions of the Fukushima nuclear plant, making the operator to pour seawater into reactors and let out radioactive air into atmosphere.  On March 19-21, traces of radiation were found in milk and spinach in farms near Ibaraki prefecture.

According to latest data, the death toll in Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami reached 10,000. Over 20,000 are listed missing.