but even after buckling homes, and crumbling roads, no fatalities. it was a really bad one. reporter: tonight despite the size of the quake, damage is not catastrophic but families are on edge. my kids are really scared. every truck that drives by, they think it s another after shock, another big one. reporter: with building inspectors overwhelmed as they check on homes and businesses, families are picking up the pieces of their lives. very heartbreaking. reporter: april rodriguez s house is in shambles. this is our childhood home. any time in our whole lives that we didn t feel safe, this is where we came. reporter: with new tremors every day, a seismic shift is under way. the fault lines and fractures especially here in the desert are growing. geologists say they may be up to 30 miles long. in the coming months and even years we may
out or even make it to our kids. reporter: with the governor declaring a state of emergency in the area. you have to go over these huge cracks and crevasses in the road. reporter: april rodriguez had left the shake zone. she returned for the first time to piece together her life. it will never feel the same again. i don t know if any of us will ever feel safe here again. reporter: with the large tremors cutting power to thousands, sparking fires and buckling some homes, many are now rebuilding what they can. the big worry here is infrastructure, while cracks like these can be repaired in a few days, it s what engineers don t see that worries them most. reporter: at the fore square church, the foundation is too damaged to hold sunday services. it s just a building, you know, the real church is the people. reporter: in the church parking lot, a sermon in giving, free food and water for those in need. anytime that we can, you know, go through a 7.1 earthquake, and not re
cracks and krcrevasses in the road. reporter: april rodriguez left the shake zone. it will never feel the same again. i don t know if any of us will feel safe again. with the large tremors cutting power to thousands, many are rebuilding what they can. the big worry here is infrastructure, while cracks like these can be repaired in a few days, it s what engineers don t see that worries them most. reporter: at the four square church, the foundation is too damaged to hold sunday church. it s just a building. the real church is the people. reporter: in the church parking lot, a sermon in giving, free food and water for those in need. anytime that we can, you know, go through a 7 point earthquake and not report a fatality, a major injury, that s a blessing and a miracle. reporter: the road to recovery, while many are still living in fear of what could
to say that s a blessing and a m miracle. reporter: the road to recovery while many are still living in fear of what could come next. our thanks to miguel almaguer for that report. let s get a check of your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning once again. just to show you how rare it is, this is the numbers for the entire planet per year the last ten years. the 6.4, we get about 120 around the globe each year. to get above a 7, we have 18 around the globe each year. that was a big one. it s amazing that we didn t have any fatalities. here s what we re dealing with this morning. watching a little bit of light rain through pennsylvania and northern new jersey and now trying to sprinkle in new york city. we have downpours moving through northern maryland, heading for baltimore, and d.c. this morning we could have areas of rain. let s take a look at your week ahead. during the day today, the rain will shift southwards, areas of north carolina, eastern portio