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Happened during this earthquake just the other day. >> harris: so you were in tokoyo and i want to stel for people you felt all that and there was damage and people who are without electricity tonight. but that's quite a ways away from the epicenter. have you had any contact with people closer to where the most devastation is? >> yeah, i talked with a gentleman by the name of santo, a singer in a group called sing like talking. he was there. he experienced it and he he said that it was absolutely, well, forgive not a pun, but said it was earth shattering. >> harris: and we keep hearing about p...

Earthquake just the other day. >> harris: so you were in tokoyo and i want to stel for people you felt all that and there was damage and people who are without electricity tonight. but that's quite a ways away from the epicenter. have you had any contact with people closer to where the most devastation is? >> yeah, i talked with a gentleman by the name of santo, a singer in a group called sing like talking. he was there. he experienced it and he he said that it was absolutely, well, forgive not a pun, but said it was earth shattering. >> harris: and we keep hearing about people without food, w...

Near miyagi. the weather agency saying that it struck around 2:46 their time, on friday, about 80 miles off that eastern coast. so far, we are not receiving any word as far as any injuries. but we are hearing that after it hit, tokyo shook for at least a few minutes and people could be seen running into the streets. that tsunami warning going into effect after the quake hit. a massive earthquake, 7.9, tokyo. no stranger to earthquakes. they had several in the past few days. we did have pictures earlier, where you could see smoke rising from the capitol and tv reports are also say that this smo...

The small -- that a small tsunami has hit the shores near the epicenter around 3:00 p.m. their time. japan's weather agency warning that the tsunami could be as high as 20 feet in some places. and that could strike near miiagi. and that is closest to the epicenter of where this hit. the agency is say that this quake struck about 2:46 friday. and that it struck at a depth of 6 mile, about 80 miles off the eastern coast. this was an offshore earthquake. again, we are getting more as we are speaking to you right now. if you are just joining us, japan issuing its top tsunami warning after this maj...

Fire. >> sparked fires in homes across the country and an oil refinery, a nuclear power plant shut down but no radiation escaped. closed airports. japan's famous bullet train shut down stranding hundreds of commuters. and then, a 23-foot wall of water crashed ashore. the tsunami sweeping away everything in its path. small boats smashed to bits. cars upturned and bobbing in the water. ships smashing against each other in part and a report of a ship with 100 people swept away. here's the latest on the devastation now. police in japan say 200 to 300 bodies have been found in sendai, the city clos...