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A staff member of library tries to restore books after they fell from book shelves by a strong earthquake at Iwaki City library in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 14, 2021 [Issei Kato\/ Reuters]<\/p><\/div>A magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck off Japan\u2019s east coast, rattling a region hit by a powerful 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown just weeks before the disaster\u2019s 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n
The earthquake on Saturday produced powerful shaking along the coast and was felt strongly in the capital, Tokyo, but triggered no tsunami alert.<\/p>\n
Its epicentre was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 60km (36 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. It shook buildings for some time after it hit, shortly after 11pm (14:00 GMT).<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told an emergency meeting of the cabinet on Sunday morning that the late-night quake had injured many people in the Fukushima and Miyagi regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut so far we have not received any reports of deaths,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s disaster agency said 74 injuries had been reported in the region and also around Tokyo, but local media counted at least 104 reported injuries, from broken bones to cuts from shattered glass.<\/p>\n Aftershocks continued to rattle the region in the hours afterwards and officials cautioned local residents to be vigilant. A handful of people were reported to have sought shelter at evacuation centres.<\/p>\n There were no immediate reports of significant damage to infrastructure, though local news broadcast images of a landslide on a highway.<\/p>\n Approximately 950,000 homes lost power throughout the affected region, with the blackouts appearing to be concentrated in northeast Japan, including Fukushima and neighbouring prefectures.<\/p>\n No abnormalities were reported at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which melted down in the wake of the 2011 disaster, or at the Kahiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, according to owner Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are working quickly to collect information but we still have no details to announce. There were some unconfirmed reports about landslides but we are still checking,\u201d Mikihiro Meguro, an official from the Fukushima prefectural government, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato addressed reporters after midnight and said evaluations were under way.<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as damage, casualties and structural damage are being assessed,\u201d he said, adding that sections of the bullet train service had been suspended due to power outages.<\/p>\n \u201cSurveys are being done at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant,\u201d Kato added. \u201cWe have received reports that Onagawa nuclear plant and Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant are not showing any abnormality.\u201d<\/p>\n Images posted online showed broken glass at a shop and items spilled off the shelves at a supermarket.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukushima2.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C433\"){kind=spacer}
An ambulance is seen in front of a hotel following a strong earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021 [Issei Kato\/Reuters]<\/figure>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-14T020456Z_1969190388_RC22SL9Y257P_RTRMADP_3_JAPAN-QUAKE.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513\")
A collapsed wall by a strong earthquake is pictured in Kunimi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on February 14, 2021 [Kyodo\/via Reuters]<\/figure>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukushima-1.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C433\"){kind=spacer}
A worker cleans up broken bottles at a liquor shop after a strong quake in Fukushima, Japan, February 13, 2021 [Kyodo\/via Reuters]<\/figure>\n\u2018All messed up\u2019<\/h2>\n