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Basin and it's going to affect even more people. >> yeah, we have a tsunami wave recorded as high as 9 feet. that's just giving us early indications of what folks there are dealing with. let's get more now from cnn's international. give us an update when it comes to the aftershocks that we understand could last up to weeks. >> as we saw with haiti, they can for hours and days and continue to weeks. but i want to talk about the tsunami situation here because i must tell you that this is something you don't see every day. the entire pacific basin is basically under a widespread tsunami warning. ...

How much time will pass before the last tsunami wave comes through, do you think? >> oh, it should be at least six hours. there'll be many, many waves. and what'll happen is civil defense will give -- when we think the amplitudes have decreased, civil defense will give an all clear that it's safe to come back. but i would stay away until civil defense gives the all clear. it could be many hours. and the second, third, fourth, fifth wave can be larger than the initial wave. >> good advice, barry hershon, thank you very much, barry. just to reiterate what he said, hawaii expecting to see a wave ...

Right now on the phone. there are precautions being taken right now to get the u.s. military ships and submarines into place or out of harm's way. we are talking about a tsunami wave that will be coming in with the velocity of jet-like speed. >> reporter: absolutely, fred. we've been in touch with the navy all day. we can tell you now in hawaii at pearl harbor area, four u.s. navy warships getting under way. the number of ships will stay tied up in port. they are trying to get as many as they can out of the way. these ships are very expensive, multibillion dollar war ships and they need to get...

Welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfield. now an update on today's earthquake off the coast of chile and the tsunami wave that followed it. the massive 8.8 quake rocked chile early this morning, at least 214 people are dead. buildings have been toppled. roads crumbled. and bridges have collapsed. the earthquake triggered tsunami warnings for the entire pacific rim. the first tsunami waves hit hawaii's big island about an hour and a half ago. so far there are no reports of serious damage or injuries. hawaiians are still waiting for the all clear, however, signal, but an official at the pacific tsu...

>> let me tell you, long beach you are approaching your low tide time, as well. any time of receding you do see from the water is being exacerbated from being at low tide. back on the pictures of hawaii, you have been talking a lot and very well about the wave all of those waves, any wave you see at the beach enjoying your day, those are wind waves. those are stirred up by the wind. that is just running across the surface of ocean and that friction is causing those waves to happen. that is what you see every day. these tsunami wave, these are not the same as all. the water gets displaced at th...