the 1994 north ridge earthquake and it absolutely pales in pair son, the north ridge earthquake compared to what i experienced in tokoyo. >> kelly: how many people here in the united states recall the north ridge earthquake in 1994. as you were saying and this one is far worse. and we've seen the devastation hereof the tsunami. were you a witness to any of that? i know you're far away from it. >> well, yes, i'm about 250 miles away from the epicenter and here in tokyo, luckily, based on the geography we're surrounded by two peninsula and the tsunami left tokoyo relatively untouched and as i mentioned earlier to your producer, if there's anywhere that one would have to experience an earthquake, japan is by far the most prepared country in the world