took place, a 7.5 magnitude, corre correct? reporter: yeah, fluke weight back and forth, now the u.s. geological service said a 7.4 quake that occurred 72 miles east northeast of the fukushima nuclear power plant. about 205 miles northeast of tokyo, we certainly felt it here about 30 minutes ago, the whole building was rocking and rolling here. looking outside, could you see other buildings swaying, could you hear it. you could definitely feel it even though it was more than 200 miles away. the question is what is happening now at the fukushima plant? they were just getting their grip on the plant, it seemed like, they had been able to stop the leak of radioactive water in the pacific ocean. they started injecting nitrogen into the reactors to stabilize them as far as the atmosphere
ngo s and we are very gratified. the u.s. is also providing support for the most pressing issue, the threat of a nuclear meltdown. two u.s. officials from the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission with expertise in nuclear reactor deployed to japanese as part of a u.s. aid team. the operations center is operating on a 24-hour basis providing any expertise needed. despite the scope of the disaster, japanese is not a third world country and has a huge and sophisticated infrastructure and capabilities that remain intact and functioning. the country is capable of helping itself in many respects as much as it welcomes the assistance. the building codes have proved their worth, videos of highrise buildings swaying before back ah
northwest here where i live. we have a similar tech tonic threat. high-rise and industrial facilities. beyond the obvious heavy damage, what i m thinking about is how long will it take these facili y facilities to become okccupiabl. interesting question there. i have a question. as i look at the video that we are seeing on the screen, you can literally see buildings swaying. they are steel and con greet and heaviness. you don t think of them being able to sway. yet they do. are the high-rises in seattle all retro fitted to be able to
in pakistan that kills dozens. cnn s zain verjee has that and more from london. hey there, zain. hi, kate, the taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide attack. at least 37 people were killed. more than 50 people were wounded. they targeted a funeral. the procession was burying the wife of a member of a pro-government militia. this happened just outside of peshawar. let s go to japan now, where there are pictures that we ve been showing of buildings swaying. there was an earthquake today. it was a magnitude 7.2. it lasted about three minutes. there was no real major damage, but we just got to see a lot of these remote cameras that showed pictures of the city. there was a tsunami warning, but that was canceled quite quickly. to my favorite story, kate,
minutes ago, it was jam-packed. and the 8.3 had all these buildings swaying. they got hit not just by the earthquake but the earthquake triggered tsunami-like waves that followed. finally aid getting to the southernmost corners of the earthquake zone along the coast, which has some critics saying the chilean government that they responded more quickly to the earthquake in haiti than they did to the 8.8 in their country. ban ki-moon is in the country. some of the aid not requested at first is coming in. russia, for example, sending in tents and shelter kits. chinese sending water purification. the government saying there is enough food, enough water, emergency hospitals, enough aid