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Point after. with us now from tokyo is temian who witnessed the earthquake. an american businessman who was there on business. sir, how are you? how are things in your location hundreds of miles away in tokyo? >> i'm personally fine. and the tokyo area certainly has not gone through the devastation that you see in the north of japan. >> shepard: tell me what did happen there. it was violent shaking said to register in tokyo area above 6.0. it's certainly not something you sleep through. >> absolutely. actually, we were in the middle of a business meeting when the first quake struck. and my jap...

Zealand or along the pacific rim on the western edge of this ring of fire, typically we don't see a tsunami warning or a tsunami reach the west coast, let alone hawaii. but this is such a huge event -- and a pretty shallow event at that. it's a slightly smaller event than the banda achi quake. but it's six of one, half a dozen of the other when you talk about how much this shook japan and shook the pacific with that kind of wave we're talking about. these are the aftershocks. the aftershocks that we've been seeing are most cases well over 6.0 magnitude. so major quakes just from the aftershock...

Through california, and into mexico as well, as we await how big they will be here at home, the reporter is trying to cover the earthquake and trying stay safe at the same time and the videotape you were just watching is from nhk television, japan's public broadcasting organization annual see the tape throughout the day and when you watch it, observe the concern and the worry on the faces of the japanese people, as they try and figure out when will the earth stop moving. there were 19 aftershocks hitting that country. that followed an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. and the after shocks, well over 6...

Fast as a jet airplane hitting the shoreline. in a harbor town, fishing ships tossed around like toys and some left on shore far from their ports. something that will remind many of us of the disaster left behind by hurricane katrina. surface waters swirl ever capturing a small boat in the whirlpool. the waves crashing into a neighborhood. the waves totally overtake a house and then another house leaving flooded disaster zones in the wake. further inland, roadways ripped apart. more than 65 aftershocks of at least a magnitude 5.0. 15 magnitude 6.0 or greater. a 7.1 aftershock struck and we are...

A lot of concern and we've got a few people who have relatives and friends over in japan. some of them have been trying to reach them. some have been successful, some still struggling to get hold of relatives and friends over there. a lot of concern for everybody in japan and a lot of concern for some americans who some people have not been able to get ahold of. but everybody horrified by the extraordinary images coming out of japan today. >> shep: another bad quake from my understanding, from the prefecture is my understanding of nagano, a powerful quake has just struck. i don't know the numb...