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>> then the ground shakes. buildings topple. people run for their lives. it looks like a scene from the movies but it's video all too real. >> and times square was just about one block from our studios and brian, literally racing over there right now for a huge surprise. we can't tell you more than that. you do not want to miss this! >> marathon guy last week, here he goes in his jogging shoes. >> go brian. >> go, run. it's a big surprise. go! with no vegetable nutriti? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoot...

$100 million just to do the same in the state of california. scientists like elizabeth cochran hope to soon give americans the same warning she has. but for federal and state governments awash in red ink, those seconds come at a very high price. ryan owens, abc news, pasadena, california. >> any warning before the ground shakes, most people would welcome. >> but an important point, you see these images of people running out of the buildings as they're falling. you should not do that. stay under a table, under a door way, stay inside, find a safe place to hunker down. >> ysz. -- yes. >> reporte...

$100 million just to do the same in the state of california. scientists like elizabeth cochran hope to soon give americans the same warning she has. but for federal and state governments awash in red ink, those seconds come at a very high price. ryan owens, abc news, pasadena, california. >> any warning before the ground shakes, most people would welcome. >> but an important point, you see images of people running out of the buildings as they're falling. you should not do that. stay under a table, under a door way, stay inside, find a safe place to hunker down. all right. when we come back, ...

California -- >> you're talking with language i don't understand. what does that mean? >> that means the ground shakes, and there are loose soils on the bottom of the coast in california. they can send off like an avalanche but in the water. and that can offset a tsunami. >> i see. it's sort of like shock absorbers is what you're saying? >> no, no, no, no. >> that's why i became a lawyer, not a scientist. >> think of an avalanche that comes down a mountain, snow. this time it's soil, but under water. it's an avalanche in the water. and that can set off a huge tsunami. >> magnitude 8.9. this wa...