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Get around? >> reporter: to tell you where we are, we had pulled into town and began to see some of that destruction pretty much everywhere we turned there were downed trees, some damaged homes. couldnt get all the way in because we wanted to come out and alert our news desk that we had made it into town. and i explained the cell phone service here is virtually nonexistent. we made it to the outskirts of town by the freeway. were about to go in and see more damage. our cameraman is saying multip...

Kelly, what more can you tell us about whats happening there? >> desperate situation, louis, search and rescue operations are unde way at this hour, its early evening and the death toll is still going up. when you look at the pictures, you can understand why. dozens of collapsed buildings in this area, thousands of rescuers are digging through whats left of the wooden brick structures. they have massive pieces of debris to move and dont have the equipment in many cases to move it. you have villa...

>> reporter: it was a most catastrophic earthquake ever to hit anyplace east of the mississippi, in all of u.s. history. struck charleston with a ferocious roar. >> reporter: author and researcher richard describes the horror that filled the steamy charleston air on august 31st, 1886. an estimated 7.3 magnitude earthquake devastated this charming southern city. >> two-thirds of all the brick structures in charleston were either destroyed or severely damaged. >> reporter: and it was felt from mon...

August 31st, 1886. an estimated 7.3 magnitude quake devastated this charming southern city. >> two-thirds of all the brick structures in charleston were either destroyed or severely damaged. >> reporter: and it was felt from montreal to nebraska, cuba to bermuda. so this is the church building. and this was severely damaged in the earthquake? >> this was one of the most magnificent churches. the entire bell tower separated with a huge crack through the side of the building. >> reporter: amazingl...

Of u.s. history. struck charleston with a ferocious roar. >> reporter: author and researcher describes the horror that filled the steamy charleston air on august 31st, 1886. estimated 7.3 magnitude earthquake devastated this charming southern city. >> two-thirds of all the brick structures in charleston were either destroyed or severely damaged. >> reporter: and it was felt from montreal to nebraska, cuba to bermuda. this is the church building. this was severely damaged in the earthquake. >> th...