THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS THE NEWS AT 10.
WE
WE BEGIN
WE BEGIN THE NEWS AT 10 WITH THE EARTHQUAKE TODAY THAT SHOOK THE
GEM STATE.
THE 6.5 MAGNITUDE
QUAKE RATTLED IDAHO--
AND THE REST OF THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST JUST
BEFORE SIX O-CLOCK FOR
NEARLY 10-SECONDS.
NEARLY 10-SECONDS.
THE
THE US
THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THE EPICENTER WAS ABOUT 75
MILES NORTH OF
MERIDIAN... JUST WEST OF
CHALLIS.
DOZENS OF
AFTERSHOCKS
FOLLOWED-- WITH THE
LARGEST REGISTERING AT
4.6 ON THE RICHTER
SCALE.... AND THE
SMALLEST BEING A 3.1.
ONE OF THE PLACES
WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE
WAS FELT WAS IN HAILEY,
IDAHO.
TWO RESIDENTS TOLD US
THEY THOUGHT THEIR
HOUSE WAS GOING TO
COME DOWN BECAUSE IT
GOT SO LOUD.
JOEY PRECHTL TALKED TO
THOSE TWO WOMEN
TONIGHT.
JOEY, HOW ARE THEY
DOING?
DOING?
MARK
MARK AND
MARK AND KIM, THEY'RE GOOD NOW. DEFINITELY A LITTLE SCARED AND
SHAKEN UP AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKE.
BUT IT STARTED WITH
THEM JUST SITTING
AROUND THE HOUSE
WHEN THEY STARTED TO
FEEL THE EVERYTHING
SHAKE.
SHAKE.
"I'M
"I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE BEAMS" CHELSEA AND LORRAINE
GOODRICH WERE SITTING
AT THEIR HOME IN HAILEY
-- TAKING PART IN SELF
ISOLATING.
WHEN EVERYTHING
STARTED TO JUST SHAKE.
I TOLD CHELSEA, WE NEED
TO GET OUT OF THIS
HOUSE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S
COMING DOWN ON US.
THEY RAN OUTSIDE. TO
GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
SINCE THEY LIVE IN A LOG
CABIN.
THEN ONCE IT STOPPED.
THEY WENT INSIDE TO
LOOK AT DAMAGE.
MY MOMS FLOORS ARE
CRACKED, THERE WERE
ALREADY SOME SMALL
CRACKS BUT NOW THERE
ARE HUGE ONES, JUST LIKE
A JIGSAW PUZZLE. YES!
SO WE'RE JUST LIKE WOW,
THIS IS CRAZY.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS
FELT THROUGHOUT THE
TREASURE VALLEY.
WITH MANY OF YOU
SENDING US VIDEOS OF
YOUR HOMES SHAKING.
THE EARTHQUAKE HAD A
MAGNITUDE OF 6.5.
THE EPICENTER WAS
MORE THAN 70 MILES
NORTH OF MERIDIAN --
NEAR CHALLIS.
AS FOR THE GOODRICHS
-- THEIR HOUSE IS STILL
STANDING. BUT THEY'RE
NOT SURE OF HOW STABLE
IT IS.
YEAH THERE ARE SOME
CRACKS IN THE WALL. I
THINK THERE IS STUFF
GOING ON WITH THE
FOUNDATION. I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE COME
OUT AND WALK AROUND
AND MAKE SURE IT'S
STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
MEANWHILE -- THEY'RE
HAPPY THE EARTHQUAKE
DIDN'T CAUSE MORE
DAMAGE.
I FEEL REALLY GRATEFUL
THAT THINGS WEREN'T
WORSE, THAT NOTHING
DID CRUSH US OR COME
IN BECAUSE IT REALLY
SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS
GOING TO.
THEY STILL HAVE EACH
OTHER -- AND THEIR
HOME.
AND WE STILL HAVE
HOMES SO WE CAN SELF
ISOLATE.
STAY SAFE IDAHO
CHELSEA JUST TEXTED ME
A LITTLE MORE THAN AN
HOUR AGO.
SHE LET ME KNOW THEIR
HOUSE IS STILL CREAKING
-- WHICH IS MAKING
THEM NERVOUS.
SO THEY'RE DECIDING TO
SLEEP IN THEIR R-V
TONIGHT JUST TO BE SAFE.
MARK AND KIM?
MULTIPLE
MULTIPLE GAS LEAKS IN ADA COUNTY WERE REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER
THE EARTHQUAKE.
POLICE DISPATCH SAYS
THE FIRST ONE WAS
CALLED IN AT 6:30 ON
WEST CASA GRANDE
COURT IN BOISE.
MINUTES LATER ANOTHER
LEAK WAS REPORTED ON
NORTH EIGHTH STREET.
BOTH CALLERS SAID THEY
SMELLED A STRONG GAS
ODOR BUT THERE WAS NO
SIGN OF DAMAGE.
FOUR OTHER GAS LEAKS
WERE REPORTED WITHIN
THE HOUR IN
MERIDIAN...EAGLE...AND
BOISE.
MERIDIAN...EAGLE...AND BOISE. WHILE SCHOOL IS
CANCELED DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS-- THE
BOISE SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAYS IT WILL BE CHECKING
BUILDINGS TOMORROW
TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY
DAMAGE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING
TO FIND IF ANY OTHER
DISTRICTS WILL BE DOING
THE SAME.
REPORTS OF MINOR
DAMAGE AROUND THE
REGION INCLUDED OLD
HOMES IN BOISE NORTH
END.....
YOU CAN SEE A CHIMNEY
ON THE HOUSE NEXT TO
ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
SAW SOME OF THE
DECADES AND DECADES
OLD RED BRICK TOPPLE TO
THE GROUND....
WE RECIEVED A REPORT
OF A CHIMNEY ON A
RANCH IN FEATHERVILLE
ALSO DAMAGED...
AGAIN, ONLY MINOR
DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH NO
REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES.
A
A SEISMOLOGIST WITH BOISE STATE SAYS SCIENTISTS DON'T EXPECT
A LOT OF BIG
EARTHQUAKES TO HAPPEN
IN THIS AREA -- AND IF
THEY DO, THEY DON'T
EXPECT THEM TO BE
BIGGER THAN A 7.0
MAGNITUDE.
TODAY'S WAS AWFULLY
CLOSE TO 7.0
IT WAS ALSO THE
LARGEST EARTHQUAKE IN
THE STATE SINCE 1983...
THE 6.5 MAGNITUDE
EARTHQUAKE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WAS
ENOUGH TO SHAKE
OVERHEAD LIGHTS IN
BOISE, BUT RATTLE OUR
NERVES EVEN MORE.
IN BOISE WE DON'T FEEL
EARTHQUAKES VERY
OFTEN. THE MOST RECENT
ONE THAT PEOPLE MAY
HAVE FELT WAS IN 2007
OR 2009 IN NORTHERN
NEVADA AND THEN PRIOR
TO THAT THE BORAH
EARTHQUAKE IN 1983. WE
DON'T ACTUALLY FEEL A
LOT OF BIG EARTHQUAKES
IN THIS AREA ALTHOUGH
THEY ARE KNOWN TO
HAPPEN HERE," SAID
DYLAN MIKESELL,
SEISMOLOGIST, BOISE
STATE UNIVERSITY.
STATE UNIVERSITY.
DYLAN
DYLAN MIKESELL IS A SEISMOLOGIST AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY.
"IN TERMS OF THE
MAGNITUDE, THIS IS SORT
OF ON THE LARGER SIDE
OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO
SEE IN THIS AREA.
WITH BOISE 72 MILES
AWAY FROM THE
EPICENTER --
PETER ISAACSON WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
ESTIMATES THOSE OF US
IN THE TREASURE VALLEY
LIKELY FELT A 5.0
MAGNITUDE OR A LITTLE
HIGHER, AS THERE WAS
NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
HE SAYS A 6.0 MAGNITUDE
IN BOISE WOULD HAVE
TOPPLED SHELVES.
TOPPLED SHELVES.
TWO
TWO WEEKS
TWO WEEKS AGO, A 5.7 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK SALT LAKE CITY, WITH
AFTERSHOCKS FELT JUST
LAST WEEK. BUT
SEISMOLOGISTS CAN'T SAY
FOR SURE IF THE TWO ARE
CONNECTED.
IT'S DEFINITELY A
SEPARATE FAULT, BUT
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT STRESS ON THE
WASATCH FAULT DOWN
IN SALT LAKE COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED
UP HERE, BUT THAT'S A BIG
JUMP TO SAY THAT THOSE
TWO ARE NECESSARILY
RELATED RIGHT NOW,"
MIKESELL SAID.
AS TO WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN IN THE COMING
DAYS...
"FOR AN EARTHQUAKE OF
THIS SIZE WE CAN EXPECT
TO FEEL SOME
AFTERSHOCKS FOR THE
NEXT WEEK AND THEN
THEY SHOULD TAPER OFF,
PROBABLY SIMILAR TO
WHAT SALT LAKE IS
EXPERIENCING IN TERMS
OF AFTERSHOCKS, A VERY
SMALL CHANCE THAT
THERE IS A BIGGER
EARTHQUAKE AND A VERY
HIGH LIKELIHOOD OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT
WE FEEL A COUPLE
SMALLER AFTERSHOCKS,"
MIKESELL SAID.
MIKESELL SAID.
THE
THE US
THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THERE IS A FOUR PERCENT CHANCE
OF ONE OR MORE
AFTERSHOCKS LARGER
THAN MAGNITUDE 6.5.
THE
THE LOCATION OF TODAY'S QUAKE FOR ANYONE WHO WAS
AROUND IN 1983
BROUGHT BACK
THOUGHTS OF THE BORAH
QUAKE THAT LIKE THIS
ONE ALSO HIT THE
CHALLIS AREA...
CHALLIS AREA...
IT
IT WAS
IT WAS OCTOBER 28TH.... THE MAGNITUDE 6.9 WAS THE MOST VIOLENT
QUAKE IN THE LOWER 48
IN OVER 2 DECADES AT
THE TIME.
2 CHILDREN WALKING TO
SCHOOL THAT MORNING
IN CHALLIS WERE KILLED
BY CRUMPLING BUILDING.
3 WEEKS LATER PRESIDENT
REAGAN DECLARED THE
EARTHQUAKE A MAJOR
DISTASTER.
MANY AROUND THE
VIEWING AREA FELT THE
WELL,S NEVADA QUAKE OF
2008...
A MAGNITUDE 6.0 - - IT
WAS THE LARGEST IN
NEVADA IN 30 YEARS.
BRICKS WERE THROWN
FROM 20 BUILDINGS, ONE
ABANDONED 2-STORY
BUILDING COLLAPSED...
THE REBUILDING OF WELLS
TOOK YEARS.
TOOK YEARS.
AND...
AND... BACK IN 1916 A QUAKE HIT THE CITY OF BOISE.
IT WRECKED SEVERAL
CHIMNEYS DOWNTOWN
AND COULD BE FELT FOR A
100 MILES ALL OVER THE
REGION.
BUT, AGAIN, AS THE
SCIENTISTS WE TALKED TO
TODAY ALL SAID....
THESE EVENTS ARE
RARE...HAPPENING ONLY
EVERY 20-30 YEARS.
BUT, AS YOU FELT....IT DID
HAPPEN TODAY.
HAPPEN TODAY.
WELL,
WELL, THAT'S A WRAP ON THIS MONTH OF MARCH WHICH LASTED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 84.62
DAYS
DAYS
.
. A
. A LITTLE BACKWARDS - WITH THE MONTH OF MARCH GOING OUT MORE
LIKE A LION THAN A LAMB.
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS, AND BEGIN TO
TAPER OVERNIGHT. MUCH
COLDER AIR IS WORKING
INTO THE AREA, AND THIS
WILL BRING OVERNIGHT
LOWS INTO THE UPPER
20S AND LOW 30S.
THERE'S STILL A CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS INTO
TOMORROW, WHICH MAY
FALL AS SNOW -- EVEN
DOWN TO THE VALLEY
FLOOR. NO
ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
WEDNESDAY MAY BREAK
RECORDS -- NEAR 100
DEGREES FOR THE FIRST
DAY OF APRIL -- WAIT...
APRIL FOOL'S! APRIL IS
GETTING OFF TO A CHILLY
START, WITH HIGHS
AROUND TEN DEGREES
BELOW SEASONAL
AVERAGES. VALLEY HIGHS
WILL ONLY BE IN THE
UPPER 40S, BUT WITH A
CHILLY NW WIND, WILL
FEEL MORE LIKE THE
UPPER 30S THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. AT LEAST WE
GET SOME SUNSHINE
BACK. HOWEVER, THERE IS
A CHANCE FOR A PASSING
SNOW FLURRY... AND
THAT'S JOKE.
THAT'S JOKE.
OBVIOUSLY
OBVIOUSLY THE EARTHQUAKE AND ITS AFTERMATH WERE FELT
ACROSS MUCH OF
IDAHO-- AND THE
GREATER NORTHWEST.
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