Earthquake rocks Japan, bracing for tsunami

SHAKING FROM WHAT IS A VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKE.

SOME EVACUATION ORDERS AS WELL.

>> NOT ONLY WAS THIS A LARGE EARTHQUAKE, JIM, BUT IT WAS A VERY SHALLOW ONE.

THIS WAS A 7.

3 AND ONLY 10 KILOMETRES DEEP.

SO THE MORE SHALLOW THE QUAKE IS, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT.

LET'S SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS BECAUSE IT DID APPEAR OFFSHORE BY ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES.

WE'RE STILL GETTING INFORMATION IN ABOUT IT, BUT IT DID HAPPEN ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES OFFSHORE, SO THOSE TSUNAMI WAVES SHOULD BE COMING VERY, VERY SOON.

WE'RE EXPECTED TO SEE THE WAVES UP TO A METER IN HEIGHT, WHICH IS ABOUT 3 FEET OR SO, SO EVERYONE ALONG THE COAST, AROUND FUKUSHIMA TOLD TO GO INLAND.

GET TO HIGHER GROUND AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

IT'S THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING THERE, JUST AFTER 6:00 OR SO.

FOLKS ARE URGED TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND.

THERE'S THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE BIG QUAKE JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

7.

3, THAT'S A BIG ONE, JIM, AND IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY SHALLOW, ONLY 10 KILOMETRES.

>>.

>> WE JUST HAD ONE IN NEW ZEALAND.

OF COURSE, WITH THIS PARTICULAR.

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Earthquake rocks Japan, bracing for tsunami