claudia cowan with the tsunami damage there from the site where they measure such things. first trace gallagher tracking new developments from japan from our west coast news hub. what else do we know about the situation on the ground in the northeast now. we can tell you, shep, the after shocks keep on coming. the after shocks 7.1 which is itself a very powerful earthquake. of the 8.9 magnitude quake was so powerful that it tore a hole in the earth s crust 150 miles long and 50 miles wide. the people in northern japan had just 15 minutes between earthquake and tsunami. a wave as you can see there that washed away homes. it washed away lives. and it pushed three miles inland. at day break, we finally got our first look of the aftermath and it was ugly. the buildings that were made of stone, they stood. the buildings that were not did not stand. the water shows no signs of receding, the japanese media