22 November 2016Insurance

M6.9 earthquake strikes near Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan

A powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck 35 kilometres from the coast of Tomioka, Japan, close to the Fukushima nuclear power plant where a massive clean-up operation is still going on.

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