TOKYO (Sputnik) — According to Japan's Meteorological Agency, the quake struck at about 1:03 p.m. local time (4:03 GMT).
The agency said there is no tsunami threat.
13:03 JST 03 May 2015: M4.8 earthquake in Fukushima-ken Oki: http://t.co/lJKU1x9aj6
— Earthquakes Japan (@EarthquakesJA) 3 мая 2015
Magnitude 3 tremors were felt in 12 prefectures, including Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Yamagata among others.
There has been no information about malfunctions of Nuclear Power Plants located in the area. No casualties have been reported so far.
In 2011, the largest nuclear catastrophe since the Chernobyl disaster took place in Japan, when the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was hit by a 46-foot tsunami, triggered by a 9.0 magnitude offshore earthquake. Three of the six reactors were damaged beyond repair.
Measurable radiation leaking into the atmosphere, soil and sea began immediately after the tsunami hit.
