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Failures. this california plant is built to withstand a magnitude 7.35 quake. japan's ertd quake was a 9.0. the fact that so many facilities exist cloes to our own backyard, it's worth noting. they're part of our daily lives. that will do it to me today. contessa brewer is here now. >> now you have people combining the worry about the nuke latter plants in their own backyard with what happens if the radiation from japan actually reaches the west coast? >> people say it should be considered an international crisis. >> absolutely. on that note, folks along the west coast are now preparing for th...

Be shaken -- hate to use that word, but shaken as a result of all of this. >> reporter: yes, in our report here we can give you the sense of what this country has been like in this region particularly has been like given the magnitude of the earthquakes they've experienced here in the last two weeks. >> reporter: scenes of hope and heart ache as a frantic search is under way for the survivors of the devastating ertd quake. more than 20 children are confirmed dead after the collapse of this elementary school in mexico city. but many have been found alive, pulled from the rubble. as the multi-st...

Let's get started. it has been six months since a devastating earthquake that claimed and destroyed so many lives here in port-au-prince. we're back. we've been back here several times. back again to see what, if anything, has changed. i can tell you there have been some success stories. there's clean water available to so many more people now than just a few months ago. as a result, i believe, we've been spared over here the massive outbreaks of infectious disease that was expected in tent cities like this one behind me. but also there are still some tragic stories of people dying because the...