What we know about the earthquake off Japan's Fukushima coast
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A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Wednesday killing at least four people dead and injuring more than 160.
For some, the incident brought back painful memories of 2011, when an earthquake triggered a tsunami causing a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant, a disaster that's still being felt to this day.
Though the earthquake struck a similar area, Wednesday's quake hasn't prompted a national emergency -- for a number of reasons.
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