On March 31, a 6,2 magnitude earthquake hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan.

The quake epicenter was 126 km north-east of Sendai town at a depth of 39,6 kilometers. No tsunami warning was issued, RBK 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.