During live NHK broadcast, early today in Japan, they were hit by an aftershock, which caused the anchor to apologize for it.

Today Iran announced that two mild quakes hit in quick succession in southeastern Iran.  Iran has several major fault lines running through the country, producing many major quakes.

The worst in recent times hit Bam in southeastern Kerman province in December 2003, killing 31,000 people.  In December 2010, southeastern Iran was hit by a 6.5 quake.  Fault lines in southeaster Iran have been highly active for the past 10 years.