- Jun 26, 2016

A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake has just struck in the Pacific Ocean directly off the coast of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Site. The quake is reported to have done additional damage to the spent fuel pools in the damaged reactor buildings.

According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck at 18:57 Eastern US Time about 60 miles east of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster site. Adding to the trouble is the Depth of the quake, only about 11 miles deep. Thus, the shallow shaking shockwaves from the quake traveled quickly and very clearly struck the damaged nuclear plant with its three melted-down reactors.

Here is the USGS map showing how far inland the shockwaves from the quake registered:

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