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The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future

Written by Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, University of Melbourne

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Saturday night, injuring around 100 people, closing roads and trains, and leaving almost a million people without electricity overnight.

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