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Japan sits atop four tectonic plates and is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. The last major quake to hit the capital, Tokyo, killed some 142,000 people in 1923, and experts say the capital has a 90 percent chance of suffering a major quake in the next 50 years.
Japan's Meteorological Agency measured the quake at a 6.8 magnitude. The U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors quakes around the world, said it registered 6.7. Near midnight Monday, another 6.8-magnitude quake hit off Japan's west coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Security agents rushed them into a basement office for safety and kept them there for about 20 minutes, he said.
asso said a state patrolman told him to evacuate, adding, "I started to panic a little bit. I was just hoping that was the end of it."
After an earthquake, fire broke out at a Japanese nuclear plant -- the world's largest in power output.
An unidentified man was shot and killed outside the offices of Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter.