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Over one of those buoys, we will know exactly how big the waves will be in hawaii, japan, australia, new zealand. this will certainly be a complete pacific wide event. >> chad, you make a good point. it's probably the most frightening, betty yused that word earlier. as the rolls around on the ocean it moves relatively little. if you were a fishing boat or freighter out there you wouldn't notice it. once it gets to a land mass, that ocean bottom gets more shallow it sneaks up on you like a big monster. these buoys that you're speaking of, huge addition to the pacific wide warning program. it's ...

In terms of the ramifications of aftershocks, how long might those continue? and what geographicic space may they be felt. >> the break in the ground is probably 300 or 400 miles long. that's where the aftershocks will be. they'll continue indefinitely but they'll get less and less frequent. the worst are now and probably still for days and even a few weeks. >> okay. tsunami concerns. how concerned are you about this earthquake generating a tsunami that could potentially damage the hawaiian islands and beyond? >> well, each time an earthquake generates a large wave, but by now we have a good i...