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Right now we're hearing them report on possible damages to actually nuclear power plants in that area. as you see, the tsunami waters just roll through the countryside there taking out homes and boats and cars all along with it. you see the damage here is going to be unfolding in front of us for quite some time. >> staggering. consider this number, for example, the last big quake to strike japan was back in 1995, a 6.8 magnitude quake, 6,000 people died in that disaster. right now we're hearing various reports of 8.4 to 8.8, even to 8.9 magnitude quake. a much stronger quake than the one back ...

Have reported in several places, including reclaimed land of areaki in central tokyo. pacific tsunami warning center extend the area where tsunami waves may strike. warning now includes indonesia, hawaii, australia, new zealand and the south american pacific coast, including, mexico, chile and peru. early they issued a warning for japan, russia, marcus islands, the northern marianas guam, wake island. and taiwan. in miyagi prefecture, northeastern japan, intensity of 7, the maximum was recorded. you're looking at an nhk helicopter capturing images in an oil refinery in chiba prefecture near to...

You know, this is a country that has, you know, plenty of earthquake drills. we feel earthquakes out here all the time. nothing like we felt earlier today in a long time. >> were people heeding those evacuation warnings there in tokyo? did you see people exiting all those buildings in that densely populated area? >> reporter: you know, it's tough to see from our vantage point, but based on the images i've seen, i can tell you, japanese people take their earthquakes very seriously because they get so many of them. they are looking into the warnings, they are making sure out on the coast at leas...

Thing could have a huge impact far beyond japan in that corner of the world. >> the pictures speak for themselves, taking a look at the airport. as you see the debris floating around the airport, completely consumed in water. people evacuated to the roofs there in order to get out of the way. all people in that area have been told to get to higher ground due to the tsunami. the quake struck at a depth of 6 miles, 80 miles off the eastern coast. it's about 240 miles northeast of tokyo. so, we're getting all different pictures there from all up and down along the coast. we'll continue to bring y...

You can see it taking out homes and buildings there as it rolls forward. this is in a rural region north of tokyo called miyagi. as you can see, this is obviously causing mass destruction in this particular region. as we continue to get more details, most people are saying the aftershock was just as bad, coming in at 7.4. once again, this quake struck in the middle of the afternoon, a friday amp locally, 2:46, so most people at work or out and about. perhaps the one upside might be this looks to be sparsely densely populated region as opposed to an area like tokyo, a city with more people in t...