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hours ago in japan, devastating earthquake, 8.9 magnitude. at this hour the official death toll almost 600. and there are other big problems looming this morning. welcome to the early show on this saturday morning, i m russ mitchell. and i m rebecca jarvis. we will continue to follow this story as it develops throughout the morning. let s get right to the earthquake in japan of course. the quake is the fifth largest in recorded history. it was followed by a 23-foot high tsunami. the official death count is 574 dead. the number expected to rise considerably. almost 600 are still missing. there have been more than 125 aftershocks since the quake. now this quake was 1,000 times more powerful than last year s haiti quake. there have been 119 quakes in fact, near japan since march 9th. thousands of homes and businesses in japan are destroyed, displacing thousands of people. but this morning, there is a new and potentially more dangerous problem. cbs news correspondent lucy c
video from less than 30 hours ago in japan, devastating earthquake, 8.9 magnitude. at this hour the official death toll almost 600. and there are other big problems looming this morning. welcome to the early show on this saturday morning, i m russ mitchell. and i m rebecca jarvis. we will continue to follow this story as it develops throughout the morning. let s get right to the earthquake in japan, of course. the quake is the fifth largest in recorded history. it was followed by a 23-foot high tsunami. the official death count is 574 dead. the number expected to rise considerably. almost 600 are still missing. there have been more than 125 aftershocks since the quake. now this quake was 1,000 times more powerful than last year s haiti quake. there have been 119 quakes, in fact, near japan since march 9th. thousands of homes and businesses in japan are destroyed, displacing thousands of people. but this morning, there is a new and potentially more dangerous problem. cbs