Defined in many ways by seismology and by these quakes. The quake was so powerful that people in the bay area felt it, especially up in high rises. The shaking triggered elevators to shut down at a condo complex in downtown san jose. People they recorded video of light fixtures swaying, doors opening and shutting and furniture shaking. They told us they felt more of a rocking sensation, rather than a shake. They said it lasted for what seemed like a couple of minutes. A construction worker was installing tile downtown when he felt the ground start to move. I was using the tile saw and it felt like the tile saw was going to tip over. When i went to my partner i said did you feel that . It was more of a rolling feeling, kind of like on a boat or Something Like that. Very scary. It makes us wonder here in Northern California, if it is going to trigger something here. 300 miles north of where it all happens, we have our own looming problems. The biggest Natural Disaster threat facing every
Jolts since thursday. As people clean up, they are bracing for the next big one. The quake is blamed for causing at least three fires, likely due to gas line breaks. The Ridgecrest Police chief says dispatch lost communication during the quake but its now back up and running, just under 160 people are staying in temporary shelters, and the China Lake Naval air station was closed to assess the damage. Donya baucus begins with the latest look at the impact. Reporter yes, and fridays earthquake was longer and stronger than the one before. Experts say thereve already been more than 4500 aftershocks, leaving many to fear that the shaking isnt over yet. Evacuate reporter the magnitude 7. 1 earthquake rocking southern california. This has been a traumatic experience for this, not only me but for this entire area here that weve experienced of never experienced anything like this before. Reporter the violent shaking sending chandeliers swinging, throwing water out of pools, sparking fires and c
By the slimmest of margins with the bullhorn inside his skull near dangerous blood vessels hes here to tell the story. It went up instead of back. This dr. And internal medical doctor agrees. If that horn wouldve gone a few millimeters lower, it would affect the carotid artery and could have hit the jugular. There are so many structures both nerves, vessels, arteries that would be lifethreatening and life ending actually. The doctor says because he is already up and talking in bed and seemingly doing okay, he probably will have no long term side effects and will heal quickly from the puncture wound from a bulls horn to his neck. Live in San Francisco, kpix5. That is absolutely amazing. Pg e letting out the when, why, and how they will cut your power to prevent wildfires. Some critics do not believe the utility can be trusted with the power to turn off the lights. One of those critics is a bay area mayor. Reporter tonight pg e is set up inside the Oakland Marriott and around just behind
Beverly hills . Youre also seeing different places in Southern California, theyre saying please dont call 911. You can see the chandelier there shaking in one of those photos there. He was talking about he was ow side. He felt something very gentle. Looked around and looked to see if anything is moving. I was not sure it was an earthquake either. So all in all, it is something that if youre really attune, can you feel that is about 130 miles from here. Thats a holong way to feel an earthquake. We are 130 plus miles away. And we want to remind you, too. What youre seeing here is did you feel it . Were about where you actually felt it. We also want to remind you, were doing an extensive live breaking coverage of our nbc 411 4, 11 00 a. M. News. Its about 160 miles northeast of los angeles. This is a map of less than an hour ago. Map, point out a couple of things whether this. Notice what youre seeing, a little closer to the extreme shaking, thats where the earthquake was, as you get clos
29,000 people Alyssa Carlson from station k g e t in bakersfield joins us now with more alyssa this is your territory ridgecrest even though its 90 minutes away is your backyard. You cover that area what kind of reports are you getting were trying to determine the number of injuries, the amount of damage its dark there and i know its hard to get that information right now. The city fanned into the newsroom. Asked if we had any updates on the amount of injuries and they are telling me dont theyre saying dot. Multiple injuries have been reported as well as multiple fires by r county Fire Department and of course Emergency Responders are trying to get to those people as fast as they can but we dont know the severity of the injuries at this point the good news is at this point we do not have any reports of fatalities. So im sure that those First Responders have their work cut out for them. So what did you exactly seal. Tonight and can you compare that to the earthquake that you felt yester