Aftershocks rattle Japan Deadly

New: Six people were killed and three wounded in the Tuesday quakeIt was centered at 77 km south of earthquake of magnitude 6.6 TokyoMonday raises several landslides in Iwaki quake earlier urged workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to evacuate brieflyAre you y? Send your images, videos via iReport.

Tokyo (cnn) - at least six people were killed when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday morning at the Japan, a local fire department said.

The six were killed when a landslide triggered by the earthquake buried three houses in Iwaki, said City Fire Department. Three people were rescued and hospitalized, and fire officials were working to rescue an unknown number of others seems to be taken to the trap, the Ministry said.

The earthquake at about 8 h 08 Tuesday (7: 08 pm Monday and), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It had a depth of approximately 13 km (8 miles) and was centered at 77 km east southeast of Tokyo.

Monday evening, one person was killed in Iwaki and several others were trapped when a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.6 triggered landslides, said fire department. It happened exactly a month after the 9.0 magnitude devastating quake and tsunami countries.

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The previous earthquake was centered about 100 miles (164 km) northeast of Tokyo and approximately 30 miles (50 km) southwest of the nuclear Fukushima Daiichi crippled, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

In Iwaki landslides buried three houses. First in Fukushima Prefecture police reported that four people were trapped. Iwaki said later more than Fire Department took four people trapped, but the exact number was not clear.

The authorities are trying to save their. Their condition was not immediately known, police said.

The earthquake did not cause a tsunami.

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Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power, which has suffered from cooling problems and radiation leaks since 11 March earthquake and the tsunami, evacuated briefly but returned soon to resume their efforts to cool down the troubled facility.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan delayed a planned following an earthquake, press conference said from his Office. The Government wants to manage the immediate emergency situation before holding a press conference, the Office said.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, said 220 000 households and firms to Fukushima were without power after the earthquake on Monday.

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Japan has been hit with hundreds of aftershocks since 11 March earthquake and the tsunami that followed killed at least 13,116. More than 14 000 are still missing.CNN's Junko Ogura contributed to this report.

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