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Bringing you the very latest on this earthquake in japan and also the subsequent tsunami. right now we want to go to nhk, public broadcasting company out of japan and here's the very latest. take a listen. >> tsunami wave was hit right here as you see in fukushima prefecture in northeast japan. camera crew on our helicopter is covering that situation right now. over a tsunami of 4.1 struck land. miyagi and ibaraki were hit. we're back to coverage of that oil refinery in chiba north of tokyo. northeast of tokyo. black billowing out from that oil refinery. several fires have broken out in the to...

Higher floors. they're calling it a vertical evacuation. >> we're told if we're on the third floor or lower to go up higher. and right now, i'm on the 11th floor. >> so you're in somebody else's room. >> yes, sir. >> it's better there. it's safer up there. >> you got tv? >> say again? >> you got the tv? do you have electricity? everything -- people around you have power? >> yes, sir, everything is good so far. >> all right. >> cody prewitt with the ship uss abraham lincoln is in the pacific but now has been diverted. he's in hotel rooms until further notice. i want to bring you up to date. ale...

Hopefully it's nothing. >> i understand it's been -- it's run by the u.s. air force. big u.s. presence there. so -- >> sure. >> be able to get something soon. >> and the way that the pacific -- courtney, stand by, i know you're going to be there for a press conference very shortly. you know, the thing about the pacific tsunami warning center is they have the buoys in the middle of the ocean to tell you exactly how big the wave heights are. if you're just getting up at 6:35 a.m. eastern time, we have terrible news out of japan, the largest earthquake since records started there. 8.9 magnitude h...

As word of this begins to trickle out through the news media. he also warned people in japan be ready for more aftershocks and waves. this thing is not over. of that whole part of the world impacted because this quake was so big. >> and also going to impact other parts of the world right now. talking about hawaii, a tsunami warning was issued at about 9:31 there. it could be that the earliest arrival of a tsunami wave would reach hawaii about 2:59 a.m., hawaiian standard time. they're urging people in that area to get to higher ground, especially if they live in a flood zone. they want them to...

That's how you can get a pretty precise time as to when the waves would be felt, as far as hawaii, get an idea of how quickly the waves are potentially moving through the water. so first, it's to see if there are waves moving through. second, it's to see how quickly they are moving. and that's what they have been able to do. you know, they are much better at getting the warnings out than we were before that sumatran earthquake, before the quarter mill 81 people died. they are much better at doing this now. the problem in the case of japan is that it happened so close to the coast and maybe, yo...