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Producing the volcanoes that are on the island. and the big earthquakes that have been there today and similar to the big earthquakes that happened in alaska 1964, same style of rupture. is there any way to predict these types of major earthquakes, robert, because it s our understanding there was a major earthquake a few days ago in the same region. so would these people have had warning? that s a good question. as far as i know, there were no warnings issued by the japanese meteorological agency after that 7.2 two days ago. it does look like a foreshock of the 8.9 because it occurred close to the 8.9 but it s the science just isn t that well ....
Power plant that where a state of emergency has been declared? apparently, the plant developed a mechanical failure in the system needed to cool the reactor after it was shut down during the earthquake. as a precaution, no radiation leak. what are they saying on tv there? on tv, they re saying to stay calm about that, there has been some trouble and things and they ll get some information later. they say that at the moment, they re saying that there aren t that was the thing that was being stressed the most, not to worry about that. how far away is that plant from where you live? it s pretty far. it s pretty far. so all the news that we re getting about this is actually coming just getting it from the tv news. so right now, according to the a.p. wire, it s saying that japan s top government spokesman says the country has issued that state of emergency at the nuclear power plant. there s been no radiation leak. and that, in fact, the measure was a precaution and that the ....
About earlier that was having a cooling problem. and they said no radiation had been released but it was an emergency situation. now 2,000 residents living near that nuclear plant urged to evacuate. you know, just to my personal twitter account, somebody said that same story you have and that military is walking in there with full chemical suits. i have that as well. that s coming in from the firsthand perspective of what s happening from the personal level on this devastation earthquake. meanwhile, the death toll continues to rise now. we have officially the death toll at 60 with 56 missing. i think we have 63 now. joining us on the phone is a u.s. navy seaman, cody prewitt. his ship the uss abraham lincoln was in the pacific and forced to shore and the crew have been told to stay in their hotel rooms until further notice. cody, what a harrowing 24 hours you ve had? it s been pretty crazy. we put in this morning and we are out enjoying the beach and ....
we ve been prepared for the big one for 10 years. if you can remember back to one of the biggest volcanic eruptions that have ever happened, we had earthquakes before that as well. we ve been hit a couple of times before by large earthquakes but nothing as strong as what just hit japan. they are ready here. our big worry, this isn t that wealthy of a country. our buildings are good for standard buildings, shopping malls and that kind of thing but not everyone s homes are that secure. if an earthquake the size of tokyo hits metro manila, 70% of the homes would be damaged. that s such a different perspective. thanks to the way in which the buildings are put together in tokyo, there s been very little damage as well as it wasn t theth thethe epicenter. another country on the path is thailand fortunate thailand. joining us live from bangkok, ....
Around the world. it s comparable in size to the quake in chile last year, that s a magnitude 8.8 and very similar kind of rupture in both cases. the thrust earthquake at a reduction zone. i m interested as we re watching this video, this alarming video coming out of japan now, is it your estimation that there be more damage from the earthquake or from the tsunami? you know, that s a good question. the japanese are probably more prepared for earthquakes than anybody in the world in terms of buildings and infrastructure. but, you know, if i had to make a guess based on those same videos that you re seeing, it looks like the tsunami is going to be very significant. right. and i m wondering how you track, then, the tsunami, because now it s like we re just sitting waiting for it to happen in hawaii and then the west coast of the united states. is there a way in which you can track not only the time which we ....