New 7.1 quake hits Japan as evacuation zone widens

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New 7.1 quake hits Japan as evacuation zone widens

A Japan Red Cross member gives a massage to an evacuee at an evacuation center

in Fukushima, northeastern Japan on Monday, April 11, a month to the day after

an earthquake and tsunami struck the east coast. (AP Photo)

TOKYO, April 11 (AFP): Japan on Monday widened the evacuation zone around a

stricken nuclear plant exactly a month on from a huge natural disaster as

another 7.1 magnitude quake and tsunami alert strained nerves anew.

The latest aftershock caused buildings to sway in the capital Tokyo, shortly

after the nation had observed a minute's silence to remember the 13,000 people

killed in the March 11 disaster and the 15,000 who officially remain missing.

The US Geological Survey said the 7.1 onshore quake hit at 5:16 pm (0816 GMT) at

a depth of just 13 kilometres (eight miles). Its epicentre was 81 kilometres

south of Fukushima city, near the troubled nuclear plant.