Japan's Nuclear Power Plants Earthquake

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Japan's Nuclear Plants Rattled as Magnitude 6.9 Quake Hits Hyuga-Nada

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A 6.9 -magnitude earthquake struck the Hyuga -nada Sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Kyushu at a depth of 18.6 miles at 7.19 E.T. Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the "Ring of Fire ," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin .