THE QUAKE WHICH HIT THE SAME REGION THAT CAUSED THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A 6.8, BUT NEITHER THE DAIICHI NOR DAINI NUCLEAR FACILITIES ARE REPORTING DAMAGE AND NO TSUNAMI ALERT WAS ISSUED.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT REPORTED INJURIES.
. While USGS originally reported the quake at 6.9 magnitude, JMA measured it at 6.6.
The quake struck at 6:12 am (local time) off the east coast of Japan's Honshu island in the Pacific Ocean, according to USGS, at a depth of 38.9 kilometres.
The quake hit 33 kilometres south east of the nearest city of Ofunato.
No abnormalities were reported at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. However, some trains were reportedly delayed on the Tohoku Line between Fukushima and Sendai prefectures following tremors. Onagawa and Higashidori nuclear power plants also reported no abnormalities.
VERY GOOD TO READ THERE ARE NO INJURIES.
CONCERN OVER THE CRUMBLING, TILTED REACTOR BUILDINGS AT THE DAIICHI PLANT SHOULD WARRANT AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM'S INSPECTION AND VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT TEPCO IS NOT ONCE AGAIN LYING ABOUT CONDITIONS IN THE FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE'S CURSED NUCLEAR FACILITY.
NEPALESE CITIZENS TERRIFIED
IN NEPAL, THE LATEST 7.3 QUAKE REPORTEDLY KILLED DOZENS, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A 6.3 MAGNITUDE, THREE AFTERSHOCKS OF 5.0 TO 5.3 MAGNITUDE AND HALF A DOZEN OR SO IN THE ABOVE 4.0 RANGE.
Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 quake, centered midway between Kathmandu and Mount Everest, struck hardest in the foothills of the Himalayas, triggering some landslides, but it also shook the capital badly, sending thousands of terrified people into the streets.
Nepal's Parliament was in session when the quake hit, and frightened lawmakers ran for the exits as the building shook and the lights flickered out.
At least 37 people were killed in the quake and more than 1,100 were injured, according to the Home Ministry. But that toll was expected to rise as reports began reaching Kathmandu of people in isolated Himalayan towns and villages being buried under rubble, according to the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter carrying six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers was reported missing while delivering disaster aid in northeastern Nepal, U.S. officials said, although there have been no indications the aircraft crashed.
A nearby Indian helicopter heard radio chatter about a possible fuel problem, said U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren. The Huey, carrying tarps and rice, had dropped off supplies and was headed to a second site when contact was lost, he said, adding that there has been no smoke or other signs of a crash.
A Nepalese air brigade unit had seen the Huey, so Marines in V-22 Osprey aircraft searched unsuccessfully near its last known location for about 90 minutes, Warren said. Members of the Nepalese army are searching on foot because of darkness, he added.
Due to the rugged terrain, the helicopter could have landed in an area where the crew was unable to get a beacon or radio signal out, Warren said.
Tremors radiated across parts of Asia. In neighboring India, at least 16 people were confirmed dead after rooftops or walls collapsed onto them, according to India's Home Ministry. Chinese media reported one death in Tibet.
The magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit April 25 killed more than 8,150 and flattened entire villages, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless in the country's worst-recorded quake since 1934. The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday's earthquake was the largest aftershock to date of that destructive quake.
Tuesday's temblor was deeper, however, coming from a depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) versus the earlier one at 15 kilometers (9.3 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage.
I HOPE WE DO NOT HEAR OF OTHER DEATHS FROM NEPAL.
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