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Early morning on Sunday, local time, a quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the Fukushima prefecture. The quake was centered about 60 miles south/southeast of Fukushima City.

There were no reports of major damage. Also, no tsunami warning was issued.

Officials say that aftershocks continue in the region with often multiple 4.0 or higher aftershocks felt each day.

Area fire and rescue organizations say that 7 people were hurt during the latest quake, 1 person in Sendai, 2 people in Koriyama, and another 4 people from Ibaraki prefecture.

Officials at the Fukushima nuclear plant say the nuclear plant sustained no new damage from today's quake.

New Concerns About Radiation Exposure Limits

New concerns have been raised over the safety of workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The old exposure limit of 100 millisieverts was raised to 250 millisieverts.

A new report about nuclear plant workers who were exposed to less than 100 millisieverts of radiation, there are documented cases of at least 10 who have or had cancer or a form of cancer.

In recent reports, a number of workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant have been said to be exposed to more than 250 millisieverts.

Massive Fly Problem

In communities destroyed or damaged by the March 11th tsunami, flies are becoming a big problem. Swarms of flies are irritating residents who struggle to cleanup and rebuild their communities.

The fly problem stems from the massive amounts of debris, wreckage and dead fish still littering the damaged coastal communities.

In mid July, testing was done in several coastal communities, to see how bad the fly problem was. In the hard-hit city of Rikuzentakata, over 300 flies were caught in a trap within a span of just 20 minutes. In the devastated city of Kesennuma, the numbers were ten times that.