Japan Earthquake: MASSIVE 6.6 Magnitude Quake Jolts Japan Again, Buildings Shake Violently (opens in new tab)

A magnitude 6\.3 earthquake, measuring a lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, struck the Tohoku region\. There was no threat of a tsunami\. Earlier in April, an earthquake registering a magnitude of 7\.7 off northern Japan prompted advisory of a higher risk of a possible mega-quake for coastal areas there\. The events were a reminder to the quake-prone area of the March 2011 disaster that ravaged large swaths of the northern coast, triggering a nuclear crisis in Fukushima\. \#japan \#e...