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A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's Honshu island on Tuesday, triggering tsunami waves and bringing back traumatic memories for locals of the devastating 2011 Fukushima disaster. Residents in Fukushima Prefecture braced for the worst after a tsunami warning was issued early Tuesday morning -- along the same stretch of coast devastated by enormous waves five years ago. In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake -- one of the worst ever to hit Japan -- killed more than 20,000 people and caused tsunamis of up to 12 meters (40 feet) which swamped the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, triggering a nuclear meltdown. Fukushima resident: We live in fear Tuesday's quake struck close to the epicenter of the 2011 quake, just 37 kilometers (23 miles) east-southeast of Namie at a depth of 11.4 kilometers (7 miles). The quake triggered a tsunami warning in Japan's Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, causing the government to urge thousands to seek high...

Residents of Amatrice survey the damage to their homes. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP At least 120 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck a remote area of central Italy on Wednesday, said Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, warning that the figure could still rise Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck at 3:36am Amatrice and Accumoli, in Lazio, and Arquata and Pescara del Tronto, in Marche, worst affected Epicentre in Norcia, near Perugia. Lazio region hit the hardest Strong aftershocks. Tremors felt in Rome. Death toll confirmed so far at 120. People in the area asked to give blood. Hospital in Amatrice collapsed. The quake occurred at 3.36am, in Norcia, a town south of Perugia, Umbria, and has devastated the towns of Amatrice and Accumuli in the northern Lazio region along with Arquata and Pescara del Tronto, in the eastern region of Marche. 19:30 - Death toll rises to 120, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Some 368 people were injured in the tremor, he sa...