Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Hits Western Japan's Tottori Prefecture

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An earthquake has shaken the prefecture of Tottori in western Japan.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Japan's western prefecture of Tottori, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday.

​The quake at the shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) occurred at 2:07 p.m. local time (05:07 GMT), according to the JMA.

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The Japanese public broadcaster NHK said there were reports of damage coming in, including collapsing houses and power outages that affected 30,000 homes across the prefecture.

The earthquake, which measured 6 on Japan’s scale of 0 to 7, disrupted train services and grounded flights.

The channel cited officials from a nuclear power plant in the neighboring Shimane prefecture saying the facility had not been damaged. Japan stalled all of its atomic power plants after a quake triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima NPP in 2011.

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