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Cars floating down in the water that was tsunami water that overtook the area. we do have a correspondent in tokyo who said she felt the earthquake, of course, and many people evacuated. >> and she was live. i mean, she was in that building and felt the aftershocks, one of which was a 7.4. pictures of live downtown tokyo right now. again, this earthquake happened a few hours north of tokyo, but they said they even felt the shaking in that part of the country, to give you some sense of just what a massive earthquake this was. >> other parts of the country and world are concerned about a follow-...

As word of this begins to trickle out through the news media. he also warned people in japan be ready for more aftershocks and waves. this thing is not over. of that whole part of the world impacted because this quake was so big. >> and also going to impact other parts of the world right now. talking about hawaii, a tsunami warning was issued at about 9:31 there. it could be that the earliest arrival of a tsunami wave would reach hawaii about 2:59 a.m., hawaiian standard time. they're urging people in that area to get to higher ground, especially if they live in a flood zone. they want them to...

We've seen some fires as well in chiba, just outside of the city. so, you know, plenty of damage and effects felt as far away as tokyo. >> we heard the prime minister say there was a wide area of damage. i know i asked you this before, but explain a little in terms of the area that this tsunami has impacted. talk about that area of japan, about a million -- at least a million folks in that area, rural area, and also some -- an economic center of japan as well. >> reporter: that's right. the largest city closest to that rural area, the images you're seeing is sendai city, which is about 1 milli...

It assumes that most elevators came to a halt in the region affected by the disaster. according to toshiba elevator it assumes most elevators came to a halt in the region effected by the disaster. at the moment the company has been collecting information about mechanical troubles. the industry ministers nuclear and industrial safety agency has put in place an emergency center for the earthquake. it will collect information concerning damages caused by the earthquake to nuclear power plants around the country. for those just tuned in to nhk world, you're seeing live coverage of miyagi prefectur...