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Out to all the military families who may have service members there in japan. there were no reports of any deaths or injuries among the u.s. military personnel there in japan. the damage to u.s. military facilities there was said to be pretty insignificant. >> u.s. naval assets could be steaming to assist the 500 or so injured in japan. the latest from jim. thank you so much. appreciate it. let's look at the power of the tsunami wave and the destruction it has unleashed so far. as we watch the cars crossed around like corks in the bathtub, this is amazing video. back with us to explain how the...

Magnitude five. there's probably hundreds of earthquakes magnitude three and four. 13 greater than magnitude six. >> so hundreds of aftershocks. >> yep. by the -- that will occur over the next month. there will be thousands of aftershocks. and lots of them felt. >> yeah. >> well, it's amazing to see this unfold right before your eyes where it just happened hours ago and we're seeing the people of japan who feel my goodness, i survived this knowing that aftershocks are coming. they're not out of the woods yet and i can't -- this video that's coming in showing the ocean swallowing up the land is...

A tsunami wave, and as i watched it, i was waiting for it to come onshore. it did not. it looks like it just sort of stopped short of that. what does that tell you about any possible further, or any other tsunami wave that could strike? >> well, my area is earthquakes, the people at the tsunami center can tell you. >> let me ask you about the quake then. if it's an 8.9 quake, it's my understanding that this struck underwater. is that your understanding as well? >> that is correct. that is the reason we're seeing a tsunami. >> put into perspective for us how that -- it was shallow. so why we're...

Pictures of the tsunami. two of the people were rescued. one of those did die. in crescent city, you see pictures here, along the oregon boarder in northern california. eight-foot tsunami wave there destroyed 35 boats. almost all the docks in the harbor, the water even pushed up in to downtown. andle in santa cruz, south of san francisco, a lot of damage coming across the wires. we're hearing that 100 boats in santa cruz were damaged. at least 20 of them sunk altogether. a lot of docks also damaged down there. we're getting word in fort bragg, also up near the california-oregon border, severe ...

And go to higher ground. guam, they are saying you have to get to 50 feet elevation. >> it's just south of the number two you had there. maybe an inch. everybody's screen is different. all these areas of concern, right? >> right. this is a great way to see who is affected, how much. not necessarily tsunami. everyone is bracing for that. the tsunami wave, what happens, this is interesting. i don't know how much you hit on this. the chilean earthquake happened under land. this one happens under water. that displaces water more. it's why the tsunami threat for this event is larger than it was whe...