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Tsunami wave is overtaking any seawalls or anything close to the kind of destruction we saw back in 2011. but this was a strong quake this time around, it was a shallow quake, so there is a risk, and there will be for quite some time for these waves to come crashing ashore. that's why they're doing everything they can to keep people alerted and evacuated. >> let's hope those seawalls hold that, will ripley. i want to check back in with our meteorologist jennifer gray. what are the forecasters saying, jennifer? >> we already had a 4.5 after shock, and we'll have more aftershocks after hours and...

February, there was an 8.8 earthquake, about 800 people died. the chilean people and infrastructure is very well versed in earthquakes. >> there's a subduction fault is right there. this is biggest earthquake we've had on our planet this year. the shallow ones are the ones we're typically concerned with, those are the ones that can produce the biggest tsunami. the timing of the tsunami wave on this one has put it over california and about right now arriving in the hawaiian islands. thankfully the energy produced to this one didn't go wide spread. a couple.

They're not looking for jobs tomorrow but creating jobs tomorrow. this is the tsunami wave that could transform america out of this financial crisis that we're in now and also sending jobs overseas. with 3-d printers and giving these kids the ability to take their ideas and turn them into reality, we could keep jobs here in america. >> sounds like a good plan. >> amazing. >> it's always a thrill to stand at the white house and i'm sure today was an inspiration to those kids and to you and to everybody who is watching this today. thank you very much, will i am. a pleasure to talk to you. see yo...

12.5 miles underneath. therefore very close to the shore. very strong impact. so that was the concern. but that was only the first concern as we all know there was a tsunami wave. only took about 20 minutes for 6-foot waves to reach the region. that energy disburses all the way out into the ocean. this threat is not over with just yet. notice as we go forward in time, we still have that concern even this morning. in fact, there's actually an advisory out in the hawaiian islands for the next several hours because that wave is imminent. there's still a threat in their region. >> still have somet...

The hawaiian islands are not being washed away, or not under the threat of being washed away, but they're calling it a tsunami advisory. explain, bill. >> well, even though hawaii is 12 hours away, by the time -- that's how long it would take the wave to travel. the first waves are expected to reach in the next 20 minutes. if it had been a big, huge tsunami wave, that would be moving into the whhawaiian islands. the one heading for hawaii, estimated one foot. if you're standing at the beach, you may not even notice it, but what you don't know that's happening is under the water, and the wave i...