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>> we think. it was closer to the coast so the shaking was worse. probably than the big quake. but the tsunami threat, significantly less. >> we're going to expect to see continuous waves? >> oh, no, the tsunami warnings, waves are done. >> good deal, thanks, chad. leaders of the house and senate are due at the white house in just about an hour for crisis talks with the president. they are racing the clock for a deal to fund the government through this fiscal year. that means from now until september 30th. so if there is no agreement, much of the federal government is going to shut down tomo...

Place. chad, what ryan is experiencing there web says he's been through 200 shakes, earthquakes but this is really different. he's really starting to feel the impact of this happening again. how serious is this? >> with a 9.0, you'll get aftershocks for six months, maybe a full year. this was only a 7.1. i say "only," because i want to put this in perspective. it was closer to the coast so therefore maybe more shaking. it was deeper, so a little bit more buffering, less shaking. compared to a 9.0, this 7.1 was 79 times smaller. it put out 708 times energy than the tsunami making 9.0. the 7.1, ...

Magnitude scale, either one is considered a major quake. you can see here the one that occurred on march 11th, was considered 8 or more. in terms of the violent shaking, the shake map shows most of the shaking that was felt was fairly concentrated to that region. here's the epicenter, areas to the closest in yellow indicate very strong shaking to strong or moderate shaking. unfortunately a lot of structures are still hanging on very barely after the major earthquake that occurred there. that's why any shaking is bad. this is one of the largest aftershocks we've seen thus far since the quake on...

Japanese meteorological agency is for tsunami height about two meters. approximately six feet. it may not seem that high, but it certainly can vary depending on the depth of the area of the coastline, the height of the wave when it comes into the shoreline. real is something to be monitoring. anyone that's under a tsunami warning immediately has to leave the coastal area and seek higher ground. i can show you a better view of where the warning is. it's a smaller area where we have the warning here. here's myagi right here. and to the north and to the south for areas in the region, coastal area...

We've got a lot of breaking news. in japan, tsunami warnings were canceled just minutes ago but not before a new wave that smash the northeastern coast. the trigger, a 7.1 earthquake which shook tokyo several hundred miles to the south. tokyo electric evacuated workers at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant. the quake was centered off miyagi, the same region where the original 9.0 quake hit almost a month ago. want to check in with our cnn i-reporter ryan mcdonald. you and i spoke just within the last hour or so. i understand you felt the shaking. what was that like? >> well, i was in bed. i ...