yards, three or four meters. in this earthquake. you know, it's not nearly as long as the big one in southern california which would be 200 or 300 miles of the san andreas fault system, not just 20 or 30 kilometers. but 7 is as big as anything we've had in the past couple of decades. we have to go back to the '90s and landers earthquake to find the last one close to this big. >> all right. professor john vidale, thank you very much for all that information. we appreciate it. >> good luck. >> thank you. let's go to lester holt, nbc's lester holt who is in santa monica. hi, lester. >> good evening. >> what did you experience? >> well, i was with my wife and one of my sons. we were in a movie theater in downtown santa monica, and began to feel a tremble. i held my wife's hand. we looked at earthquake, there