A 6 (Point)0-magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Fukushima in Japan on Friday. Officials said the quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, its epicentre 255 kilometres east of Ishinomaki. <br/><br/>According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake posed no tsunami risk. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March 2011 triggered a massive and deadly tsunami, which smashed into the Fukushima nuclear power station and sparked the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986.<br/><br/>

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Fukushima in Japan on Friday. Officials said the quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, its epicentre 255 kilometres east of Ishinomaki. <br/><br/>According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake posed no tsunami risk. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March 2011 triggered a massive and deadly tsunami, which smashed into the Fukushima nuclear power station and sparked the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986.<br/><br/>