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>> this can't be happening. are you sure it's where zach is? friday morning, march 11th, 2011. in nashville, indiana, john and terry whitcomb had barely had a sip of their morning tea when the news jolted them away. >> this was a very powerful earthquake. the images are stunning out of japan. >> an epic earthquake had hit northern japan, 9.0, near the top end of the richter scale. and then a huge tsunami crashing up the coast. it was like watching a disaster movie. this one horribly real, and john and terry's son, zach, was now right in the middle of it. what did you think? >> unreal. this c...

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Been. some >> in buildings, broken glass, a few ceiling tiles coming down on various buildings. the major damage has been to several of the highways. but as governor walker said yesterday in the wake of this earthquake, alaskans really dodged a bullet here. it could have been so much worse. there has been no reported loss of life. only a few injuries and governor walker said a lot of that is to do with a very strict building codes and the inspections that have been in place since the awful 9.0 earthquake of 1964. those building codes according to governor walker, saved a lot of lives yesterday...

Place. emergency responders are in the area right now. but you mentioned earlier, there are still some aftershocks that are being felt, hundreds of miles away, so certainly they're not out of the woods yet as far as the danger. but this area, not, this is something that they're prone to having these times of earthquakes. i was reading up on this, 40,000 earthquakes per year on average for the state of alaska. so they have buildings in place that are protective and i guess in situations like this. so right now, we continue to monitor, what continues to unfold in anchorage, really, it's kind of ...

In nashville, indiana, john and terry whitcomb had barely had a sip of their morning tea when the news jolted them awake. >> this is a very powerful earthquake. the images are stunning out of japan. >> an epic earthquake hit northern japan, 9.0, near the top end of the richter scale. then a huge tsunami crashing up thcoast. it was like watching a disaster movi this one horribly real. and john and terry's son zach was now right in the middle of it. >> what did you think? >> unreal. this can't be happening. are you sure it's where zach is? are you sure it's in the same region? we were looking at...