earthquake, this great earthquake, since 1900, as you were mentioning, there s only been four stronger. this is something we haven t seen. that we don t see very often. we re talking over the past 111 years, this is the fifth strongest. only four stronger. so yes, if there s a tsunami warning in your area, you better listen up and you better do what your officials say. that gives you an idea, you know, not a lot to work on. not a lot of context to apply to this. so prepare for the worst that you can. we re going to take a short break. 3:40 here on the east coast. and it is just devastating to see some of the pictures coming out of the miyagi prefecture, where a 13-foot tsunami has struck that area as a result of a massive 8.9 earthquake striking off the northeastern coast of japan. the fifth largest ever recorded in the world. stay with msnbc for more. [ female announcer ] imagine the possibilities with stelara®.
doing is saying, it s putting pressure on credit card companies over there? a lot of people signed up for on credit card programs. maybe change, quality credit card program and change to one of their bonus programs. you might be better off instead of trying to get frequent flyer miles, i got a credit so i could pick any airline that you wanted and based on the bonus points, you could get $200 off your ticket or $300 off your ticket. we really to have look why we are doing business. your credit card companies may help you out here. that is the surprising thing for me to say. harris: i love that. you say watch out, miles eventually expire. our time has expired. thanks for having me. gregg: fox news alert. a powerful earthquake striking off the coast of india. initially was supposed to be 7.7
you see there, rubble. well, it was one of the deadliest and most destruct tiff earthquakes recorded, the massive quake that hit haiti, a month later 8.8 quake struck in chile. experts calling that one, quote, a mega thrust, the most powerful type of earthquake on the planet and then last week, a major earthquake striking in mexico near the u.s. border followed by 7.7 magnitude trembler in indonesia and another lake quake today struck in spain. are earthquakes more frequent or does it seem that way? our alicia acuna talked to experts to find out. at the earthquake center in golden, colorado are used to the questions coming in via phone and e-mail. is this the end of the world? news of tremblers in mexico, haiti, chile and indonesia are coming in short orders and the world headquarters for tracking quakes, seismically speaking
now at least one airline is about to charge you for your carry on bags. and it ain t five bucks. spirit airlines announcing today it will charge as much as, get this, $45 each way for the bag you stick in the overhead bin. the company claims it reduced its fares so most passengers won t end up paying more in the end. the ceo says having fewer carry on bags will help folks exit the plane faster. this could have impact on your airline. the experts say the bigger carriers will be watching to see whether spirit s passengers are willing to pay. hear that? whether this spreads may be up to you. soon you have to come on in your skivvies and not breathe for the trip. [ laughter ] spirit, spirit of what, exactly? back to the breaking news now and the serious report of an earthquake striking off the coast of indonesia. we are getting new details of what happened about this panic
glass here, you know, thankfully the tsunami did strike but it wasn t the hawaiians were very prepared, though. they received notification of the earthquake striking at 8:45. they put out a warning at 12:30 from their tsunami warning center which is just a few miles from where i m standing right now and i m with ed teixeira the vice director of civil defense. how important was it to conduct the evacuations that you did? it was pretty important. with an earthquake measuring 8.8 magnitude even our tsunami warning officials were very, very concernd that a quake like that in chile next to the water coupled with tide gage readings along the coast and other readings would result in a very damaging earthquake to hawaii. and other parts of the pacific for that matter. we know how poorful they are predicting the how powerful