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Put out the tsunami warning, they anticipated the tsunami height to be between half a meter and two meters. so we have reports of the initial wave coming in as a meter. remember, a tsunami is a series of waves, its not just one wave. typically it could be up to four waves. and generally speaking, the second or third can be larger than the first. so its important to know that just because one wave has hit, this may not be over yet. the warning is still in place. and this was all the result of an ...

With soledad. you get the gist. shes in concepcion not far from the epicenter. the quake that struck chile was much more powerful than the quake that levelled haitis capital of port-au-prince. are we overdue in the united states for a catastrophic earthquake? ryan todd joins us now from the u.s. geological survey in virginia outside of washington. what are the experts telling you? >> we wanted to talk about the size mo logical reason the one in haiti did so much damage when it was weaker than th...

May haiti. the quake there struck much closer to the surface, right on the edge of port-au-prince. the red area is where eight cities and towns along with 3 million people in haitis capital suffered violent to extreme shaking. again, violent to extreme compared to severe, what its being called in chile. the quake in chile measured 8.8. in haiti, the measurement was about 7.0. the difference also when it comes to death toll is just enormous. in haiti, there were 220,000 people or more who died as...

Building codes and emergency crews trained for exactly this kind of catastrophe. the buildings there are built to ride out earthquakes with steel skeletons designed to sway with seismic waves rather than resist them. also, analysts say chile has more world renounced seismologists and earthquake engineers per capita than anywhere else in the world. now, let me bring your attention to the following graphic, which is going to show you the difference in terms of intensity. this is what the u.s. geol...

As well. category 5, its been growing throughout the day. you heard through one of the noaa folks fly by it. tom sater joins us more with both disasters. lets talk about mexican city. what are you learning about the impact of the earthquake? >> believe it or not we havent had much of the way of aftershocks. typically we would have a few by now. there was an 8.11 days ago. anything within 42 miles is shallow. closer to the surface, the more shaking there is. typically around the globe well have o...

Hearing? what do we know? >> as was just reported, 8.1 magnitude. that point one makes a big difference. this is still considered a great earthquake because it just doesnt happen that often. this was the primary earthquake, the 8.1 magnitude. what youre seeing, these red dots are the aftershocks. they have been fairly quick. these are clustered fairly close together and take a look at this. they are closer to the coast than the actually -- the primary earthquake and this is the shake map. this t...