they are not surprised that there wasn't any damage to the nuclear facility. in japan the damage was not from the earthquake, was to the fact that all their emergency power shut down and they couldn't cool the plant. that caused extensive damage. there doesn't seem to be any of that concern here. in terms of safety, in the northeast u.s., because of this earthquake, i have not heard of any big concerns. >> all right. pete williams, thank you very much. let's bring in peggy hellwig, a seismologist at the university of california berkeley. peggy, thanks for joining me. >> glad to be here, al. >> why was this felt so widely on the east coast. you could feel it all the way up here in virginia. i was doing my radio show in new york, and the building i'm in, the building, we all -- you could feel it like it had hit new york. why was the east coast, you could feel is so far from where