I really wonder how much more this poor country can possibly take.
Recent Earthquakes - Last 8-30 Days
You will see "Honshu, Japan" quite a bit with 4+, 5+, and 6+ magnitude earthquakes.
This is just another 6+ earthquake OFFSHORE OF JAPAN IN THE OCEAN
Now if these earthquakes were hitting Sendai, Tokoyo, Akita, or other places onshore, these quakes (aftershocks) might be rougher on the Japanese people and would be causing damage.
As it is, these "aftershocks" may be disrupting cleanup and other efforts after the 9.0.
Remember that this 6.1 is about 1000 times SMALLER than the 9.0. It is also an offshore quake...
A lot.
An incredible amount.
They may yet freak out if things exponentially mulitiply at this point (which is all in the hand of God), but I do know that most major US cities, particularly inner cities, by this time, two weeks later after a 9.0 shake/blackouts/shortages/nuke scare, would probably be seeing looting, rapes, arson, assaults, carjackings, what-the-heck random shootings and murders, and probably martial law and tanks in the streets to crack down on all of it. I take no pleasure in saying that, but most Americans I know, even those in the military here, feel that way in a comparative sense. The Japanese have been by and large extremely law abiding, community spirited, orderly, forward-looking, non-complaining, cooperative and collected. For now.