The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 6.9 quake occurred off the coast of Iwate Prefecture and had an intensity of upper 6 on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 in the hardest-hit areas in the hardest-hit areas of Aomori Prefecture.
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Video circulating from La Guaira, Venezuela, showing the aftermath of the devastation caused by powerful earthquakes.
Thousands of people are feared dead in the earthquakes, according to the USGS.
The traffic jam to leave Crimea on the last road out has turned into a parking lot, with cars starting to run out of fuel.
Sevastopol, Crimea's largest city, is without power. Electricity has been knocked out for half of Crimea.
All the roads, bridges, and the ferry have been disabled or are under too great a threat to use.
All fuel sales have been suspended.
Crimea's tourism industry has collapsed.
Strikes against Russian airfields, administrative centers, air defense, and energy infrastructure have been carried out by Ukraine's elite Alpha Unit.
The systematic dismantling of Russian civil and military systems in Crimea will either lead to complete abandonment of their position or a poorly-supplied force without the fuel and munitions to sustain a long fight.
Crimea, already strategically vulnerable, is now isolated, and it's only going to get worse.
The war started in Crimea. Now it may end there too.
BREAKING: A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake was reported near the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami warning.
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