Three strong earthquakes shook large areas of northwestern Japan, the area devastated by the Richter 9.0 earthquake 11 days ago, but considerable damage is reported. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the first quake of 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 17:18 local time (08:18 GMT) and its epicenter was 274 kilometers east of Iwaki City, on the island Honshu, the largest in Japan.
Almost an hour and a half later, around 18:44 local time (09:44 GMT) an earthquake of 6.2 degrees hit the prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima, the most affected by the earthquake of March 11, which has left more nine people dead. The epicenter of the second quake was located some 200 kilometers off the coast of Iwate, at a depth of 10 km above sea nievel, without triggering a tsunami alert, meteorological agency said.
The third movement of soil was 6.4 on the Richter scale and occurred at 19:44 local time (10:44 GMT) on the Hachinohe area, at 181 kilometers southeast of Honshu. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the three strong earthquakes on Tuesday in northeastern Japan, although located in the 6.6, 5.9 and 6.4 on the Richter scale, respective manner.
The new tremors were recorded while in the Fukushima plant enfriamineto continuing work to restore power to avert a serious nuclear and nuclear expansion. Fire crews and employees of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) continued on Tuesday by throwing huge amounts of water in the pools of nuclear fuel for reactors three and four of the plant, according to Kyodo news agency.
The work was suspended for over an hour and a half, to detect the presence of white smoke over the buildings housing the reactors number two and three, but TEPCO confirmed that the situation is under control and there was no increase in radiation levels. 
Almost an hour and a half later, around 18:44 local time (09:44 GMT) an earthquake of 6.2 degrees hit the prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima, the most affected by the earthquake of March 11, which has left more nine people dead. The epicenter of the second quake was located some 200 kilometers off the coast of Iwate, at a depth of 10 km above sea nievel, without triggering a tsunami alert, meteorological agency said.
The third movement of soil was 6.4 on the Richter scale and occurred at 19:44 local time (10:44 GMT) on the Hachinohe area, at 181 kilometers southeast of Honshu. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the three strong earthquakes on Tuesday in northeastern Japan, although located in the 6.6, 5.9 and 6.4 on the Richter scale, respective manner.
The new tremors were recorded while in the Fukushima plant enfriamineto continuing work to restore power to avert a serious nuclear and nuclear expansion. Fire crews and employees of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) continued on Tuesday by throwing huge amounts of water in the pools of nuclear fuel for reactors three and four of the plant, according to Kyodo news agency.
The work was suspended for over an hour and a half, to detect the presence of white smoke over the buildings housing the reactors number two and three, but TEPCO confirmed that the situation is under control and there was no increase in radiation levels.
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