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A quake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan has been hit by a third explosion in four days, amid fears of a meltdown. The blast occurred at reactor 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which engineers had been trying to stabilise after two other reactors exploded. One minister has said it is "highly likely" that the rods might melt.



Radiation levels near the plant have risen.Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The prime minister has warned residents to stay inside or risk getting radiation sickness.

Japan Earthquake 2011: Magnitude 8.9 Quake Hits Honshu Island

Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2011 /WNCNews/ – A series of offshore earthquake measuring above 6.0 on the Richter scale shook Japan on Thursday (March 10, 2011) morning, but no destructive tsunami threat.Vibration follow a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday (March 9, 2011), which shook buildings in Tokyo and triggered a small tsunami but it did not cause casualties or damage to properties.





The last, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Japan at 06:24 local time, centered 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo at a depth of nine kilometers below the shallow seabed Pacific, according to Japan Meteorological Agency. These vibrations triggered meteorological agency to issue a tsunami warning which was immediately revoked.