Michelle g anmecca cant for kenny choi. It was e quak that struck nethe town of ridgecrest. Thats in kern county. About 150 miles northeast of los angeles. There have been dozens of aftershocks in the area. Take a look at the moments right when it hit. This video was taken from inside the newsroom of our sister station in la. You can see the light textures and other equipment swaying. And people shouting in the distance. Usgs Officials Say the quake was felt as far south as orange county. People there caught these images during the shake. You can see the chandelier just swaying from the ceiling there. In los angeles, this was the scene in peoples backyards. Waves surging inside pulls. And, check out this fish tank. What are moving back and forth. The shake is being labeled as the largest quake in Southern California since the 1994 northridge, which killed dozens and caused billions of dollars i the building rolling. And, looked at the ceiling. I saw my living room apartment, i have a h
Operations to the highest level. Cnn correspondents join us from Southern California with the latest. Lets start with alex field in ridgecrest. Alex . Cyril, it is going to be a long night for people here in ridgecrest. The power is out. It is dark. There is not a clear handle right now on how much damage was done, but certainly the people throughout this community lived through a terrifying number of seconds as that second tremor struck. It was, of course, as you say much more powerful than the first one. We felt it alongside the rest of the community here, people taking cover, people screaming, people concerned about injuries. Some people briefly it seemed trapped in their homes. Then we witnessed a fire and immediate onslaught of emergency vehicles quickly responding. But certainly a little bit of difficulty getting through to 911 in the immediate moments following that quake. This is a night that people in this community will not soon forget. Of course, what is most important right
Where these red areas are, the red dots, those are the aftershocks that have occurred in the past hour. How many of those dots are on there, natalie . Hundreds of them. I know. I counted about 17 4. 0 magnitude aftershocks already. Its unreal. Coming up in a few minutes, well talk with one of the people helping out a local official to talk more about what people are dealing with. Karen, thank you, as always. Well, coming up here, donald trump gets the crowd he always wanted on the national mall, but did he leave politics aside . Thats coming up. Plus, the census and citizenship. The Trump Administrations dwindling options for including a controversial question in the 2020 head its count. The United States is celebrating its 243rd birthday with fireworks displays from sea to shining sea. One of the most elaborate shows, the nations capital, where this year President Trump turned the festivities into a salute to the military. Heres more about it from cnns tom foreman in washington. Repor