THE
THE VIDEO
THE VIDEO AND REACTION POURING INTO THE NEWSROOM.
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♪ >> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE
A SMALL AFTERSHOCK, BUT IT
TURNED OUT TO BE SHAKING REALLY
FAST.
FAST.
FAST. BARBARA-LEE: BREAKING NEWS FROM
KERN COUNTY WHERE THE MOST
POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IN 20 YEARS
HIT AND ALREADY RATTLED SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. WE ARE GETTING REPORTS OF
INJURIES, CRACKED BUILDINGS,
FIRES, AND POWER OUTAGES.
I'M BARBARA-LEE EDWARDS.
CARLO: I'M CARLO CECCHETTO.
THE 7.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT
AT 8:19 TONIGHT.
IT WAS FELT THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. IN SAN DIEGO AND INTO ARIZONA,
LAS VEGAS, AND MEXICO.
BARBARA-LEE: RICHARD ALLYN HAS
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING
ABOUT THE QUAKE AND SOME OF THE
FIRST VIDEO ROLLING IN.
RICHARD: THE MAGNITUDE 7.1 QUAKE
WAS PART OF AN ONGOING SERIES OF
EARTHQUAKES IN THE VALLEY,
STRIKING 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RIDGECREST, VERY NEAR WHERE
YESTERDAY'S EARTHQUAKE WAS
CENTERED.
CENTERED.
CENTERED. TONIGHT IT WAS FELT AS FAR AWAY
AS LAS VEGAS
TONIGHT IT WAS FELT AS FAR AWAY AS LAS VEGAS, AFFECTING THE NBA
SUMMER GAME BETWEEN THE KNICKS
AND PELICANS.
AND PELICANS. >> WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN
EARTHQUAKE RIGHT NOW.
THE EARTH IS YOU.
>> YES, I CAN.
>> THE BUILDING IS SHAKING.
RICHARD: THE GAME WAS DELAYED
FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE QUAKE.
SCOREBOARDS AND SPEAKERS NEAR
THE CEILING SHOOK WHEN THE
EARTHQUAKE HIT.
EARTHQUAKE HIT. IT ALSO SHOWED THE MARONDE GO
CASINO -- MOR
IT ALSO SHOWED THE MARONDE GO CASINO -- MORONGO CASINO
OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS.
YESTERDAY SIX POINT FOUR
EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT CONSIDERED
THE FOR SHOCK TO TODAY 7.1
EARTHQUAKE.
EARTHQUAKE. YESTERDAY'S QUAKE HAD BEEN THE
LARGEST CALIFORNIA HAD
EXPERIENCED A NEARLY TWO
DECADES, PRODUCING THOUSANDS OF
AFTERSHOCKS.
AFTERSHOCKS. REPORTS TONIGHT FROM RESIDENTS
THERE ARE CRACKED BUILDINGS AND
INJURIES IN KERN COUNTY AND SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY, AS WELL AS
POWER OUTAGES IN RIDGECREST.
ONE RESIDENT SAID HE FELT HIS
HOUSE SHAKE FOR BETWEEN 20 AND
25 SECONDS.
25 SECONDS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS, MORE
AFTERSHOCKS ARE EXPECTED, BUT
WILL DIMINISH IN NUMBER AND
MAGNITUDE IN THE DAYS TO COME.
HERE IS A SEISMOLOGIST DR. LUCY
JONES.
JONES.
JONES. >>
JONES. >> WHATEVER NUMBER YOU HAVE IN
THE FIRST 24 HOURS, THE NEXT 24
HOURS WILL HAVE ABOUT HALF THAT
MANY.
MANY.
MANY. THE
MANY. THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL HAVE
ABOUT A THIRD AS MANY, ET CETERA
.
.
. THE
. THE 10TH DAY WILL HAVE 1/10 AS
MANY AS THE FIRST DAY.
RICHARD: ACCORDING TO
SEISMOLOGISTS, TWO NIGHTS 7.1
EARTHQUAKE HAS A CHANCE OF BEING
FOLLOWED BY SOMETHING BIGGER.
AFTERSHOCKS MEASURING IN THE
FIVE AND SIX MAGNITUDE ARE MORE
LIKELY.
LIKELY.
LIKELY. WE WILL BRING YOU NOT UPDATE OF
THE SITUATION ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
CARLO: WITHIN MOMENTS OF THE
QUAKE HIDDEN, REACTION BEGAN TO
POUR IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BARBARA-LEE: AMANDA SHOTSKY IS
IN THE NEWSROOM WITH WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING.
ARE SAYING. AMANDA: LIGHTS WERE MOVING AND
SWINGING AROUND ABOVE OUR HEADS.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF
SIMILAR ACTIVITIES ALL THE WAY
FROM HERE TO RENO, SAN YSIDRO,
AND IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR
PEOPLE TO REACT AND FOR SOCIAL
MEDIA POSTS TO START ROLLING IN.
SAN DIEGANS ARE TALKING ABOUT
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> I
IT. >> I FELT THE CAR SHAKING, WAS
NOT SURE.
NOT SURE.
NOT SURE. I NOTICED THE CAR IN FRONT OF
ME, THE MIRRORS WERE SHAKING.
AMANDA: MOMENTS AFTER THE 7.1
EARTHQUAKE STARTED, SOCIAL MEDIA
LIT UP.
LIT UP.
LIT UP. POOLS OF WATER CHURNING, THIS
ONE IN SAN DIEGO.
ANOTHER WITH A MESSAGE TELLING
EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE.
CHANDELIERS AND LIGHTS SEEN
MOVING AROUND.
MOVING AROUND. ON TWITTER, THE PADRES SHARED A
VIDEO OF WHAT THE GAME LOOK LIKE
THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CAMERA
WHICH WAS BOUNCING EVERYWHERE.
SOME DESCRIBE THE EARTHQUAKE AS
THE LONGEST OR LARGEST THEY HAVE
EVER FELT.
EVER FELT. PEOPLE REPORTED FEELING IT FROM
RENO TO YUCCA VALLEY, WHERE SOME
OF THE POST IT WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE INSIDE OF THE WALMART WHERE
BOTTLES AND FOOD CRASHED TO THE
FLOOR.
FLOOR.
FLOOR. NEW IMAGES SHOW A MOBILE HOME
FIRE IN RIDGECREST WHERE THE
EARTHQUAKE WAS CENTERED.
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THIS MEANS
FOR ACTIVITY CLOSER TO HOME.
SOME SAY THEY ARE PREPARING FOR
A BIG ONE HERE.
>> BREAD, MILK, TOILET PAPER,
WATER.
WATER.
WATER. AMANDA: SEISMOLOGIST DR. LUCY
JONES SAID IN ONE TWEET, YOU
KNOW WE SAY ONE IN 20 CHANCE AND
EARTHQUAKE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
SOMETHING BIGGER?
SOMETHING BIGGER? THIS IS THAT ONE IN 20 TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS RICHARD
MENTIONED, THERE ARE REPORTS OF
HOUSE FIRES AND WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES CLOSER TO THE EPICENTER
OF THE QUAKE IN RIDGECREST.
IT IS STILL TOO SOON TO KNOW THE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE AS INFORMATION
IS STILL COMING IN.
WE WILL BRING YOU UPDATES AS
SOON AS WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION.
BACK TO YOU.
CARLO: PLEASE STAY WITH US AS WE
CONTINUE