TOKYO: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday struck northeastern Japan near the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant but there was no fear of a tsunami, Japanese and US authorities said.

The quake struck at a depth of 42.3 kilometers (26 miles) in the Pacific Ocean 34 kilometers east-northeast of the town of Namie, the US Geological Survey said.

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