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Put out the tsunami warning, they anticipated the tsunami height to be between half a meter and two meters. so we have reports of the initial wave coming in as a meter. remember, a tsunami is a series of waves, it's not just one wave. typically it could be up to four waves. and generally speaking, the second or third can be larger than the first. so it's important to know that just because one wave has hit, this may not be over yet. the warning is still in place. and this was all the result of an earthquake that happened just offshore and we have a shake map to show you. this was a pretty stro...

With soledad. you get the gist. she's in concepcion not far from the epicenter. the quake that struck chile was much more powerful than the quake that levelled haiti's capital of port-au-prince. are we overdue in the united states for a catastrophic earthquake? ryan todd joins us now from the u.s. geological survey in virginia outside of washington. what are the experts telling you? >> we wanted to talk about the size mo logical reason the one in haiti did so much damage when it was weaker than the one in chile. mike, thanks for joining us. first of all, one way we can talk about the differenc...

May haiti. the quake there struck much closer to the surface, right on the edge of port-au-prince. the red area is where eight cities and towns along with 3 million people in haiti's capital suffered violent to extreme shaking. again, violent to extreme compared to severe, what it's being called in chile. the quake in chile measured 8.8. in haiti, the measurement was about 7.0. the difference also when it comes to death toll is just enormous. in haiti, there were 220,000 people or more who died as a result of the earthquake. in chile, so far, brooke, we have heard of a little more than 700 fat...

Building codes and emergency crews trained for exactly this kind of catastrophe. the buildings there are built to ride out earthquakes with steel skeletons designed to sway with seismic waves rather than resist them. also, analysts say chile has more world renounced seismologists and earthquake engineers per capita than anywhere else in the world. now, let me bring your attention to the following graphic, which is going to show you the difference in terms of intensity. this is what the u.s. geological survey calls a shake map of chile. saturday's quake was centered offshore, under ground, in a...

As well. category 5, it's been growing throughout the day. you heard through one of the noaa folks fly by it. tom sater joins us more with both disasters. let's talk about mexican city. what are you learning about the impact of the earthquake? >> believe it or not we haven't had much of the way of aftershocks. typically we would have a few by now. there was an 8.11 days ago. anything within 42 miles is shallow. closer to the surface, the more shaking there is. typically around the globe we'll have one 8.1 or greater. if you look at the usgs shake map, mexico city was on the very northern extre...