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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...

Near the shore. and in the ocean, it's quite a bit smaller. >> so with a quake of this magnitude, what is -- is there a range of tsunami height? i mean, if you could guesstimate. they are saying maybe as high as 20 feet? >> reporter: that would certainly be reasonable for an earthquake this big n. hawaii, you could see a tsunami of several feet that would hit probably the islands of northwest coast of aof oahu. and so it poses a risk of the u.s. and we do know, by the way, there was a major earthquake on january 26, 1500 a.d. 9:30 in the evening. that was a magnitude 9 earthquake. we know that...