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A magnitude-7.1 aftershock has rattled Japan on the one-month anniversary of a massive earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami.
A warning was issued for a one-metre tsunami, the same as after another 7.1 aftershock that shook the north-east coast last week. There was no tsunami after that quake. The tsunami alert was lifted soon after.
People at a large electronics store in central Sendai screamed and ran outside, though the shaking made it hard to move around. Mothers grabbed their children, and windows shook. After a minute or two, people returned to the store.
Workers battling to contain a crisis at a stricken nuclear plant in Japan were ordered to evacuate on Monday after a powerful 7.1 magnitude aftershock, operator Tepco said.
'The company ordered workers to withdraw and stay in a quake-proof building,' a spokesman for the operator said. 'We don't know many workers were involved.'
The power supply to three stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were cut by the quake, but was quickly, the operator said.
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