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About in america these case called the cascadia fault which runs unsea 1300 miles north from north of vancouver island down the west coast of canada to washington and oregon and northern california terminating in mendocino. if that were to rupture, that unlike the san andreas would cause tsunami. >> sean: you mentioned new zealand, japan. it has been a long time since weve had with quakes along these faults you are talking about. again, im not an expert, please forgive my ignorance. could they t...

Welcome to the program, thank you. we know about san francisco and the san andreas faultline. >> the san andreas is pretty bad. if the pacific place is -- the pacific plate is roughly diamond shape weve had an event in chile where my thumb is. weve had an event on new zealand, serious event now in japan. one part we havent is northeast pacific which is the northwest of america. there are three dangerous faults there which havent ruptured for many years. san andreas which runs under the land whic...

About in america these case called the cascadia fault which runs unsea 1300 miles north from north of vancouver island down the west coast of canada to washington and oregon and northern california terminating in mendocino. if that were to rupture, that unlike the san andreas would cause tsunami. >> sean: you mentioned new zealand, japan. it has been a long time since weve had with quakes along these faults you are talking about. again, im not an expert, please forgive my ignorance. could they t...

Safety in americas earthquake zones such as california. people who live near the san onofre plants are not sure they would be safe from a quake-triggered tsunami. >> i think it would go right over that wall. >> visually it looks small. but its a large structure designed to meet whatever historical tsunami could be created based on what we know about the seismic activity in this area. it is built to take on anything that may come its way. alisyn: there are two seismic faults. the san andreas faul...

States. well, the nuclear regulatory commission has come out with a list of the facilities most at risk should an earthquake happen. turns out the plant topping the list is not in quake prone california, but 24 miles north of new york city. were talking about the indian point free power plant. the plant with the second highest risk is the pilgrim nuclear power station in plymouth, massachusetts. and rounding out the top three, the limb rick one nuclear plant in limb rick, pennsylvania. there are...

This situation will end. the u.s. army trying to ramp up its humanitarian effort to help the people of japan. more than 10,000 people already listed missing or dead. half a million have been evacuated and the cost of the destruction could top $100 billion. the sato family was lucky enough to survive. but when they were returned to their neighborhood, they found there is nothing left for them, their entire town is destroyed, gone, and worse, their extended family is missing. reminding us of how r...

Welcome to the program, thank you. we know about san francisco and the san andreas faultline. >> the san andreas is pretty bad. if the pacific place is -- the pacific plate is roud an eventn new zealand, serious event now in japan. one part we havent is northeast pacific which is the northwest of america. there are three dangerous faults there which havent ruptured for many years. san andreas which runs under the land which last ruptured in 1906. the haywood fault which runs underneath much more...

But there is no doubt about the fact that there are a lot of people who are concerned were moving toward a nuclear catastrophe, mika. >> were hearing reports of aftershocks. what can you tell us on that front. >> reporter: i was on the air actually last night, just before midnight east coast time. we did a special at 11:00 on msnbc. we felt another one of those aftershocks. i think they said it was recorded at a 6.0. it was a pretty big one. and obviously, its creating the sense of unease. you c...

Secretary characterize this earthquake as an unforeseen event. is it fair to characterize earthquakes along known fault lines as unforeseen events? >> no, we dont think so. the usgs, of which i am a member, is responsible for assessing size mchards of the nation. we look carefully at the past history of earthquakes along faults, and i dont believe it should be a great surprise to any of us that a major earthquake could happen along a plate boundary such as that the japan islands and the pacific ...

>> good morning. >> steve: you say over the last year or so. you have the ring of fire and it extends over the pacific and we hit down south and up north and south america. could the next corner be the united states? >> thats the question. obviously everyone up here is concerned with this. there seems to be. there is disagreements about the earthquake come in cluster. this is all around the pacific plate . if you can emergency the idea of an enormous event like a huge earthquake in chile, hittin...