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There in japan. good morning, are you hearing anything in terms of the damage here, i know its still pa pandemonium and chaos, in terms of what the difference may be? >> reporter: this this an after shock that im feeling as im sitting here talking to you. you mentioned the images. the homes being washed away off the northern coast of japan. the closest city, the closest largest city is sendai. about 1 million people live there. we do know that magnitude 8.8 magnitude earthquake, tsunami is measu...

Public broadcaster out of japan. this is a rolling tide of tsunami water. you see it takes outside homes. this is a rural region north of tokyo called miyagi. as we continue to get details, most saying the aftershock just as bad. coming in at 7.4. once again, this quake struck in the middle of the afternoon, locally, 2:46. most people are out and about during their day. as you can see, perhaps the upside would be that this looks to be a sparsely populated region as opposed to an area like tokyo ...

Government will make every effort possible. >> we will follow the story throughout the morning. you can get all the latest information, obviously, on "america this morning," "good morning america" and abcnews.com. this tragedy unfolding in japan. looking at footage just into our studios, the tsunami, literally a wave caused by that earthquake going, you know, into that northeastern part of the country there, flooding that area. homes and businesses literally being wiped away. people on the roofs...

Right now our helicopters in -- >> prime minister of japan addressing the unfolding tragedy there. if youre just joining us, this will be the story that we cover all day for the next several weeks and months here. just an 8.8 or 8.9 possibly earthquake striking japan. 2:46 local time, shortly after 1:00 a.m. eastern time here in new york. the images were seeing are beyond description at this point. triggered a massive 13-foot tsunami that you see swallowing towns in the north eastern part of tha...

Officials to start accepting international assistance because the scope of this is going to be huge. i do think its important for folks out there to know this is not isolated. other countries are under tsunami warnings and watches. theyre saying a tsunami could hit hawaii, obviously a u.s. state, by 8:00 eastern time this morning, mexico, chile, peru, australia, guam, philippines, russia, all of those areas. >> take a look at this video of this person standing outside of their house, waving a sh...

We are looking at incredible video coming in from nhk, the public broadcaster out here. homes have been swept away by these waves. you know, you can imagine with these images just how bad the damage will be once that water recedes. >> were also seeing a lot of flames. from your vantage point at that abc building there, are you seeing any fires? >> reporter: we are not seeing any from our vantage point but we have been watching all the footage coming through japanese media reports. nhk has not co...

Right now were hearing them report on possible damages to actually nuclear power plants in that area. as you see, the tsunami waters just roll through the countryside there taking out homes and boats and cars all along with it. you see the damage here is going to be unfolding in front of us for quite some time. >> staggering. consider this number, for example, the last big quake to strike japan was back in 1995, a 6.8 magnitude quake, 6,000 people died in that disaster. right now were hearing va...

You can see it taking out homes and buildings there as it rolls forward. this is in a rural region north of tokyo called miyagi. as you can see, this is obviously causing mass destruction in this particular region. as we continue to get more details, most people are saying the aftershock was just as bad, coming in at 7.4. once again, this quake struck in the middle of the afternoon, a friday amp locally, 2:46, so most people at work or out and about. perhaps the one upside might be this looks to...

Quake and 7.4 aftershock that hit 30 minutes later. that is what triggered a tsunami that is really causing great devastation there. >> amazing. this is the second major quake to hit japan in just a week. first the reports of a 13-foot tsunami and now tsunami watches and warnings not only for japan, as you can imagine, but russia, japan, the philippines, indonesia, guam and the u.s. state of hawaii as well. this is evolving into an international event. dramatic footage, homes and buildings just ...

Are you hearing anything about the extent of the damage? i know its pandemonium and chaos, not surprisingly, but are you hearing anything about the damage of all this may be? >> reporter: its interesting. we were just mentioning some of the aftershocks. as im sitting here talking to you, weve gotten quite a lot of aftershocks since that first quake hit just before 3:00. you mentioned the images weve been seeing, these homes being washed away on the northern coast of japan. you know, we can say t...