The earthquake was only about 100 miles from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which is problematic since a powerful earthquake and tsunami in early March.
The quake's epicenter was recorded at a depth of 18.2 kilometers. No tsunami warning in the latest quake.
Several earthquake shocks continue to hit Japan after quake 9.0 on the Richter scale and tears it devastating tsunami that country on 11 March. The death toll from the twin disasters were more than 11,000 lives, while more than 16,000 people remain missing.
The earthquake on March 11, then it also sparked a number of explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing a radiation leak and the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in a radius of 20 kilometers from the NPP.
Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan on Tuesday said that the quake, tsunamis and the nuclear accident was the biggest disaster for Japan in recent decades and the state losses estimated at 310 billion dollars U.S..
Meanwhile, fears of another strong earthquake in Japan still continues to occur, along with the extraordinary seismic activity, which continued to occur throughout the Pacific region.
Russian seismological experts on Tuesday recorded an earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale near the Kuril Islands, known as the Northern Territory in Japan. No tsunami warning by the Russian government.
Islands, such as Japan, lay in the territory Ring of Fire, earthquake and volcanic regions around the Pacific Rim, where 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur. (*)
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