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Putting it together in sequence from the beginning. watch. >> at 2:46 local time, an 8.9 quake strikes off the east coast of japan. >> oh, my god. the building is going to fall. >> it's the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country's history. the fifth most powerful ever recorded in the world. its shockwave churns out walls of water up to 30 feet, traveling up to a mind boggling 500 miles an hour. a tsunami bears down on japan's coast in minutes. >> looks like that tsunami wave

>> at 2:46 p.m. local time, an 8.9 earthquake strikes off the east coast of japan. >> oh, my god. the building is going to fall! >> it's the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country's history. the fifth most powerful ever recorded in the world. its shockwave churns out walls of water up to 30 feet, traveling up to a mind boggling 500 miles an hour. a tsunami bears down on japan's coast in minutes. >> looks like that tsunami wave is moving upstream rapidly. and we're still seeing large tsunamis moving and hitting the area of sendai. that tsunami is going to hit the coastal areas, as we ...

Was. magnitude 8.9. look at those cars being swept away. according to the u.s. geological survey, that's hundreds of times stronger than the one that leveled port-au-prince. japan is maybe the best prepared country in the world for earthquakes, but nothing prepared anyone for this. >> at 2:46 p.m. local time, an 8.9 earthquake strikes off the east coast of japan. >> oh, my god. the building is going to fall! >> it's the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country's history. the fifth most powerful ever recorded in the world. its shockwave churns out walls