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There are hundreds of people in tokyo station. and at the time that the quake struck, all of a sudden you felt the earth move. the signs were shaking back and forth. you could see people, a level of concern rising very quickly among people. you could hear children screaming. the reason why i'm mentioning this level of concern. people in japan are very, very used to earthquakes. this was different. this went on for several minutes. the train lines were shut down. people were eventually -- we were all told to evacuate out of tokyo station and that the train line would be shut down for the time b...

>> reporter: so to see them halted like this, this tells us that there is a national emergency going on here. >> when you see that bullet train just stopped there, and a lot of us have seen video of those bullet trains in japan simply zooming along, that train has no place to go, why? because the tracks have been destroyed, is that what i'm sensing, kyung? >> reporter: you know, just because i've actually met with the rail line people this past week, we know exactly how the earthquake system works. all along the lines there are earthquake sensors. if there is an earthquake and the rail line be...

Sway. people are prepared for it. the train lines are prepared to shut down if there is a disaster. is so for the most part, infrastructure is intact, it's simply not working right now trying to get the people out because there is concern of the aftershocks. >> kyung lah, we'll continue to check in with you. about 19 minutes past the hour on this "american morning." breaking story, two-prong disaster we're calling this after an initial massive earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami. tsunami warnings in place for the western coast of the u.s. dave applegate, sir, we appreciate you being he...

Distance from where the epicenter of the quake was. this is just one small snapshot of what people across the city felt. there were reports of damage of some ceilings falling. there are many people who felt the shaking for several minutes. i was in one of tokyo's busiest train stations, tokyo station, and in that station we felt the shaking for several minutes. the train lines were shut down. the signs were swinging back and forth. the lights were flickering. you could hear children crying. though there wasn't panic because people are quite used to earthquakes, even an earthquake of this sides...

Magnitude. it wasn't too deep in that ocean floor. tokyo is what you're seeing there. this is one newsroom to give you an idea. this is 230 miles away from the epicenter of this earthquake. so they felt it. saying it went on for several minutes. people there felt the building, things sway. from what we are getting, the reports, tokyo in pretty decent shape, if you will. structurally sound city, they are used to earthquakes in japan. they get a lot of them. so quite frankly they know how to handle them in some ways. people poured out into the streets. but the still some chaos. train lines have ...