A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan this morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo.
The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Chiba prefecture, neighbouring Tokyo, the agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued.
The tremor comes after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook a wide swathe of eastern Japan yesterday, with an advisory for a one-metre tsunami issued.
Japan is considering raising the severity level of its nuclear crisis to put it on a par with the Chernobyl accident 25 years ago, the worst atomic power disaster in history, Kyodo news agency has reported.
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