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Magnitude scale, either one is considered a major quake. you can see here the one that occurred on march 11th, was considered 8 or more. in terms of the violent shaking, the shake map shows most of the shaking that was felt was fairly concentrated to that region. here's the epicenter, areas to the closest in yellow indicate very strong shaking to strong or moderate shaking. unfortunately a lot of structures are still hanging on very barely after the major earthquake that occurred there. that's why any shaking is bad. this is one of the largest aftershocks we've seen thus far since the quake on...

Have followed. they've already arrived at some of the coast along the japanese coast there. tepco, which is responsible for the nuclear reactors in japan, that essentially have been having so many problems since the last major earthquake, we understand they are giving an update now on the state of the nuclear reactor after this earthquake. i want to take a listen to some sound that we're getting in right now. >> repeat an update on the fukushima-daiichi nuclear plant current status. as for reported injuries, there were two workers near reactors one and two, and then also seven workers near the...

Heights 3 meters or higher. one wave has already come in at approximately one meter. half a meter to two meters. it is not considered a major tsunami but it is considered strong enough that a warning's been issued and that's why evacuation has been ordered for thissing region right here. this area in orange is where we have warning issues. miyagi prefecture. to the north and south you see yellow lines here that indicate other areas under advisories including fukushima, ibarate and fukushima. beginning of this yellow line to the end we talk about an area of roughly 400-plus miles. that's about ...

That were later canceled. it was centered off miyagi, the same region where the original 9.0 quake hit almost a month ago. tokyo electric evacuated workers at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant after today's quake. the clock is ticking toward a shutdown of the federal government. senate majority leader harry reid says he thinks a government shutdown is "unavoidable" at this point. speaking on the senate floor, reid blamed the republicans for playing politics but house speaker john boehner says the disagreement goes deeper. the u.s. air force says it is going to reexamine its versions of ...

We've got a lot of breaking news. in japan, tsunami warnings were canceled just minutes ago but not before a new wave that smash the northeastern coast. the trigger, a 7.1 earthquake which shook tokyo several hundred miles to the south. tokyo electric evacuated workers at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant. the quake was centered off miyagi, the same region where the original 9.0 quake hit almost a month ago. want to check in with our cnn i-reporter ryan mcdonald. you and i spoke just within the last hour or so. i understand you felt the shaking. what was that like? >> well, i was in bed. i ...