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Miles per hour to reach the coastal region. but if youre out on the water sitting there on a boat, you just feel a little bump. nothing at all that would make you think something is going on. but as the wave approaches the coastal regions, all that energy has to go somewhere. it gets right to the coast and develops what we call the run-up event here where the run-up of energy where we have the waves begin to go up the coast, that sets up from going just a few inches of wave height to about 20, 3...

Surface which niche shaves the wave one travels onshore and reaches within tens of minutes and caughts the largest devastation the other travels offshore towards the other side of the ocean. >> sean: when you think of the magnitude of 23 to 30 foot waves, herman, and the force and speed of which this occurs as we can see in the i am s in the pictures, i mean, with very little effort, -- it just knocked over one house after another it is a seeming endless stream of water that never stops. look at...

Wave one travels onshore and reaches within tens of minutes and caughts the largest devastation the other travels offshore towards the other side of the ocean. >> sean: when you think of the magnitude of 23 to 30 foot waves, herman, and the force and speed of which this occurs as we can see in the i am s in the pictures, i mean, with very little effort, -- it just knocked over one house after another it is a seeming endless stream of water that never stops. look at these pictures unhere particul...

Than the shaking from the earthquake, in some communities. then again, the shaking damp was also severe in other communities. so it was spotty like that, and, of course, the most low-lying areas where the wave height was the greatest, damped most heavily by the tsunami. >> kenneth, can a large earthquake in japan generate another large earthquake on another faultline? perhaps here in the united states? >> well we dont see it quite like that. so it has been an interesting string of events that we...

Concentrated along the northern california area. i want to speak to lisa eekers, santa cruz port area, santa cruz, 80 miles south of san francisco. lisa, i know you work by the water. you work with a lot of boats. tell me how big the waves are that youve seen and what kind of impact thats been on the boats there. >> weve started experiencing surge from the tsunami, the first tsunami around 8:00 this morning, and the wave height is not whats been significant but rather the surge through the harbo...

Caught in a catchers mitt, so to speak of a crescent-shaped beach, hence crescent city. 8.2. now the forecast wave height at crescent city. this happened a long time ago. it happened nine hours ago. think about throwing a big rock in the ocean over here by japan, and that rock has made waves. in fact now we know that there are at least four waves that equal height. unlike the tsunami that hit banda aceha back in 2004, this starts with the wave coming in first and then going out and then back in,...

Were getting new information by the minute on the devastating quake in japan. take a look at this wave height model from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. about shows heights of the tsunami as it traveled across the pacific basin. the largest heights in black and purple are near the quakes epicenter off the coast of epicenter off the coast of japan.eat meal? delis gourme gravy. and she. with fancy fest gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet...

Been canceled. but there was a tsunami felt right in this area located about 100 kilometers away from the initial earthquake. and were talking it looks like the wave height was right about .54 meters, works out to be about 1.8 feet. certainly not a major one, but certainly a tsunami was registered. and i want to go over to video coming of japan. this was a testament as to how great the earthquake structures are across parts of japan. you can see and feel the shaking happening on that camera whil...

This is the biggest storm on the planet right now. >> thats right. this is the latest forecast track right now, earl heading for the outerbanks of north carolina. a part of the east coast that precariously juts out into the atlanta. if you look into friday and then into saturday, this storm also looking to sideswipe new yorks long island as well as cape cod. >> this storm is absolutely enormous. its about the size of the state of colorado. tropical warnings are stemming 1 miles away from earl. t...

Many many vacationsers alter their plans. julie martin is live for us in ocean city, maryland to fill us in on what were seeing there. and are we seeing the winds pick up, julie? >> reporter: its not so much the winds, thomas, but it is certainly the surf. i want to take you out into the atlantic and show you what im talking about. we have seen this wave height significantly increase within the past hour, the life guards have pulled all but the most experienced boogie boards and surfers out of t...