Earthquake Shook "Survivor" Film Crew

The production crew for the reality show "Survivor," which recently wrapped production in Samoa, survived nature's own scary reality.

Jesse Jensen, a member of the "Survivor" production crew, described the powerful earthquake that struck the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa around dawn Tuesday that sent large tsunami waves ashore.

Thankfully no crew members were harmed, but Jensen felt the earthquake and saw the ocean recede. He talked about his experience with Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.

"It shook for a while and it just kept going and going and going," Jensen said. "I think it went for two or three minutes. It felt like a long time there."


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The earthquake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, had no effect on the production of the show's 20th season, which a CBS spokeswoman said was not being filmed at the time. The 19th season was also filmed in Samoa.

Jensen went on to discuss what it was like to see the ocean recede and "slowly drain out" and then rush back in. He called the experience "surreal."

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