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No casualties were reported after a 4.9 magnitude aftershock was felt in Japan, on Thursday.

24 March,2011 09:18 am

The earthquake jolts were felt in the north-eastern part of Japan. Meteorological experts have declared these earthquakes as the aftershocks of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan almost a week ago.On the other hand, due to the radioactive leak from the Fukushima nuclear reactor, Australia has banned the import of food items from Japan. Nutritional experts in Australia and New Zealand have declared the food items coming in from Japan as unsafe for consumption. The United States has already stopped their import of spinach, milk and potatoes from Japan.Thousands have people have been killed and misplaced due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11.