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About what happens next. we turn to peggy helwig, seismologist at the u.s. berkeley seismological laboratory. i'm glad i was kind of able to get that out, at least the pronunciation. the question now is next, will we get something bigger than the 7.1? is this a fore-shock? just say yes or no, you're probably going to say we don't know. >> we don't know. the answer is earthquakes are more difficult to predict than what congress and the president will do. >> so as we look then at the two quakes that we've had over the course of three days now, 2.5 days, what would be the headline you think from ...

I'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc. chris christie is in las vegas right now where he's betting that a scandal won't hurt him with one of the deepest pockets in the gop. new jersey's governor set to speak in a few minutes. if yesterday was any indication, he will not be trotting out that "i'm sad and disappointed" line anymore. mojo, swagger, whatever you call it, does he have it again? now we're having an aftershock. it's definitely a good, healthy aftershock sequence. >> a 5.1 magnitude quake along with a slew of aftershocks strikes southern california. it's the second earthquake ther...

Dense network of gps instruments in japan. bill: aftershocks have been plentiful, and, so many of them well north of 6.0. that is so powerful and so strong. what does that tell you, doctor? >> well, okay. i'll give you a quick summary of the update on the aftershock sequence, there have been over 30 reported at magnitude 6 or greater. and over 230 recorded at magnitude 5 and greater. as you said, up through the 16th of march, at 10:00 a.m., jma says the probability of a magnitude 7 or greater is at 70% and will drop to 50% at that time based on their calculation. so, this is very severe afters...

Day, it's a very broad wave so it will bring in a lot of water with it. >> right. and i guess the speed in which the wave hits is key, correct? >> it is. it depends on the shoreline's configuration, it can -- quite variable can be the effects, right. >> and robert, you said that the earthquake they had a day or so ago in that region, seven something magnitude foreshadowed this one which was a gigantic one of 8.9 magnitude. is there a possibility of an even larger earthquake after this? >> there's always a slight chance of a larger earthquake. i'd say it's very low probability. what we are seei...