A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of
Japan Monday, reportedly causing no major damage or injuries.
The earthquake struck at 5:32 a.m. around 72 miles southeast of
Morioka on Japan's Pacific coast, according to the U.S.
Geological Survey. A tsunami warning was not issued and the
quake was rated at a level 4 on the Japanese seismic scale,
indicating that no major damage is expected. Japan is still
recovering from the devastating undersea earthquake that
triggered a massive tsunami last March. The tsunami left over
19,000 people dead or missing and crippled Japan's Fukushima
Dai-ichi nuclear plant, resulting in what was the worst nuclear
disaster the world had seen since Chernobyl. Both the Chernobyl
disaster and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are
classified as number 7 events on the International Nuclear Event
Scale. Level 7 on the scale is interpreted as a major accident
and indicates a major release of radioactive material with
widespread health and environmental effects. Follow