Of the length of the earthquake that it was going to be a major earthquake. >> reporter: the force 800 to 900 times stronger than the earthquake that devastated haiti in january. >> and the intensity kept going up and up and up. and everything was moving. i actually thought that the ground was geei ingoing to swal entire car. >> reporter: the damage on land is only part of the problem, tsunami warning were triggered in dozens of countries, from russia, indonesia, japan, australia, and in the u.s., hawaii. >> there will be many, many waves and what will happen is civil defense will give -- we t...