A 5,6 magnitude earthquake hit Fukushima prefecture in north-eastern Japan, RBK reports.

The quake epicenter was 74 km of Fukushima city (22 km of crippled Fukushima nuclear complex) at the depth of 35,8 km.

There are no reports of casualties and tsunami.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, On March 11, the largest earthquake (9 magnitude) in the recent years hit the northeast of Japan., triggering a 10-meter tsunami and followed by several powerful aftershocks. 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.