issued. it struck at about 4:00 p.m. local time. a series of strong aftershocks have already been recorded. and tsunami waves of 1.2 meters have hit a number of areas along the western coast. japan s prime minister is urging residents in tsunami areas to evacuate as soon as possible. the u.s. geological survey and japan meteorological office as well have been making similar warnings. hanako montgomery is joining us live from tokyo. tell us what information you ve got right now, that knyou have w hanako. reporter: this was a large and powerful, 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit around 4:10 p.m. local time, a time when many people are celebrating new year s day with their familiesnd loved ones. and it was a shallow earthquake with depths of around 10 kilometers or about 6 miles. this is significant to note because with shallow earthquakes, we know that they could potentially be more powerful and more destructive and essentially trigger tsunamis that could really devastate cer
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Desperate situation in many of these small er outlying village and towns along the northeast coast where they frankly don t have the infrastructure and so much has been decimated that they frankly have not been able to meet the needs of the people. there s food needs, hungry people, hard to come by food in a lot of areas. even an area like akita, where we are now, which is far away and not directly impacted by the tsunami itself though was impacted by the earthquake but not by the tsunami, it s difficult to get food, you go to 7-elevens and stores, the shelves are empty, there are long lines in the hard-hit areas, the tsunami areas for water and as the water runs out. there s logistical things here which the government is trying to get their arms around. for the folks, the other problem is the elements are not really cooperating. for folks in the shelters, it
Tonight we are live from japan with the multiple disasters ongoing right now. . the largest nuclear disaster happening since chernobyl going on right now. multiple problems at six reactors in one location in japan. we ll have details on that. new picture from that plant of smoke rising from reactor number four, where a second fire broke out today. very alarming news. we ll have all of that. we ll also have the problems with the tsunami areas, the hardest hit areas. and we have new pictures of the moments when the tsunami actually struck. dramatic new pictures to show you the power of the water and the extent of the damage that it did. set it in motion. and it goes out into the world like fuel for the economy. one opportunity leading to another. and another. we all have a hand in it. because opportunity can start anywhere, and go everywhere. let s keep it moving.
We ve seen a large number of military choppers go back and forth, because helicopters, anderson, are really going to be key to trying to rescue people. we ve seen some of that video coming out of sendai trying to pluck people off of roofs and trying to get supplies to people who are trapped in the tsunami areas. anderson? do we know anything about the actual death toll? i heard one japanese government official, the japanese ambassador to the united states saying a thousand is what they ve been able to confirm at this point. but the numbers may go much higher. do we know officially? reporter: it s really difficult to wrap your mind around the scope of this devastation will be. if you talk to people who live around here, what they ll tell you is that they simply never imagined that a tsunami would reach six miles inland. so many of these people were simply not prepared for this type of devastation, for the debris to come ashore. so the number of people who are affected by this is