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That have happened just in the last week. so as we take a look at the numbers and we break this thing down, we have had a total of nearly 1,000 aftershocks. now, when you look at 4.0 or so in japan, you know, most of these buildings are really built to withstand something like that so, that's not that big of a deal, when you see 500 of those but you start seeing 6.0s, start seeing the 7.0s, that is major. and we have seen, you know, more than 506.0 and above. so when you break it down on average, when you get an earthquake magnitude 9.0 or so what would you expect in terms of how many more aft...

To clear some things up. it seems that the aftershocks are happening more and more frequently and some of them are very, very strong. any indication of what is happening here? >> well, this is a typical thing that happens after you get a main quake. when we are talking about a 9.0, that is huge, drew. and the larger the quake, the more frequent the aftershocks are and the stronger the aftershocks are. there you can see the one that happened early, early this morning, and that was about a 7.0 magnitude. that is has been revised by the usgs and saying it was a strong six or weak seven, but that ...

Reservoir of water that sits underneath the reactor. the water is pumped into the reactor in emergency situations. what i want to show you is right here, that piece of metal right there that looks like a shock absorber for your car. that's a shock absorber for this reactor. it's called a snubber, and it goes into operation in case there's an earthquake. this plant is designed to wi withstand a 6.0 earthquake and a million year flood on the tennessee river. we asked local residents if that's enough. >> if an earthquake or million year flood came around here, i mean, it's probably nothing too mu...

43-foot high wall of water that will hit this plant inside the state of alabama. >> reporter: this big red area is a huge reservoir of water that sits under the reactor. the water is pumped in the reactor in an emergency situation. what i want to show you is right here. that piece of metal right there that looks like a shock absorber for your car. that is a shock absorber for the reactor. it goes into operation in case there is an earthquake. this plant is designed to withstand a 6.0 earthquake and a one million-year flood on the tennessee river. we asked if that is enough. >> if a one million...

I don't believe we're going to have a 43-foot high wall of water that can hit isnt interior plant inside the state of alabama. i think those mean a big water event is highly unlikely. from a tornado standpoint, the f-sth5 ha proven to be the biggt anybody has ever sn. those are around 300 miles an hour wind type issues. i don't know of any event making me worry. >> they say the plant is designed to withstand a 6.0 earthquake and a million-year flood. but they are going back to the drawing board playing what if to see ifse there could be a worse