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Disaster because its happening right next to a very highly populated area, and weve recently gotten an temperature of the magnitude of the earthquake and the most reliable estimates now say 9.1, so this is one of the four largest earthquakes that weve ever recorded with the seismograph. >> go ahead, kristie. >> sorry about that. steffan, this is kristie in hong kong. this was a shallow earthquake. when it struck, it was just 24 kilometers deep in the water. is it a general rule that the more sha...

Even if there are waves up here, 20 to 30 feet on the surface with winds like that. that will not get all the way down to the bottom of the ocean one mile deep. there wont be enough to knock this thing over. not enough water motion back and forth. so, if they keep the cap on, thats the plan, the cap will keep all the oil down in the well. >> fingers crossed. chad, thanks. more on the gulf oil disaster coming up. lets quickly get caught up on other stories. tom foreman has a "360 news and bus...

20 to 30 feet on the snas with winds like that. that will not get all the way down to the bottom of the ocean one mile deep. there wont be enough to knock this thing over. not enough water motion back and forth. so, if they keep the cap on, thats the plan, the cap will keep all the oil down in the well. >> fingers crossed. chad, thanks. more on the gulf oil disaster coming up. lets quickly get caught up on other stories. tom foreman has a "360 news and business bulletin." charles wrangle w...

Transportation board member thank you both for being here kitty, divers and ships are headed to the site. how hard it is to dig up an aircraft in waters up to 100 feet deep. >> first stle to locate the fusel lodge. we know theres debris in the water. whether the proximity of the debris to the actual body of the aircraft is unknown at this point. it may be that the debris was found as a result of waves and water motion so the first thing is obviously to find the fusel lodge lodge. the water is no...