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sitting, we're talking about a place half a world away in nepal, you have this seismonitor next to you. >> yes this equipment is capable of measuring earthquakes anywhere in the world down to a magnitude of five. what happened in nepal was huge. it caused the earth to ring for hours afterwards. it's the ringing much like striking a bell you can hear the bell ring for a long time afterward. it took 20 minutes for earthquake waves to travel all the way around the world and get to us. once it happened then we had activity for next couple of hours. >> and continued to ring as we know still these after shocks and then you have these land slides and monsoon season is a couple of months away. this is not a positive outlook for this part of the world. benjamin crooker at fordham
university thank you very much to you and your underground vault and the seismonitor. >> up next we'll talk to someone whose family is still there in nepal. he'll join me to explain what they are seeing what they are hearing and how the nepalese people really are tough, brave and rely on one another to survive. stay here.