activity has been in the 2.0 to 4.0 range. we re counting them every couple minutes, but here is ridgecrest, 30,000, there are some other communities that surround this, so say a good 42,000 felt very strong shaking. we ve had records of mobile homes off their founds, big rigs tipped over. orange did orange is what s happened today, red is the last last. so we re seeing two flanks, if this activity continues, it s clo moving closer and closer. the other issue is moving up in
glue we re following breaking news rocking southern cal. the quake was centered near ridgecrest, which is about 150 miles from los angeles. joining me now is democratic congresswoman nanette baragan, you represent an area south of los angeles, so i know you did not field this earthquake personally, but you said your mother, who lives slightly north of you did feel it. what are you hearing? we re hearing it was more of a shanking, and they said they felt it, but didn t feel it very strongly where i am in south los angeles. not hearing too many roberts, certainly haven t heard any damage reports. what does the responsibility
and las vegas, which is actually closer to ridgecrest, they also felt it quite strongly. since then there have been more than 70 aftershocks that people are dealing with, and this is as people are always dealing with damages, we are also hearing that there have been injuries, and they are trying to get to people who have been injured due to this earthquake. so a lot going on, as people try and understand and deal with the fact they are going to be dealing with these rolling aftershocks for at least a couple days, maybe three. they have become less and less over time, but certainly scary officer the folks. we are hearing of no damage, no injuries, that is the good news, but in places lie san bernardino, they are talking about some cracks in some buildings there, and somes so
there s a chad of another damageling water today. i ll be speaking with or correspondents and analysts have full coverage. i want to begin in southern california. we have sara sidner in our los angeles bureau. what are you hearing? what are you seeing? we have heard in ridgecrest there are two house fires, gas lines ruptured. the hospital has evacuated about 50 people there, very important part of the community. they re dealing with evacuations, and emergency crews are getting more calls than they can handle. they are, though, working on dealing with this issue now this was not just felt in ridgecrest, but as far away as los angeles,
areas to the northwest this is a close are region around death valley national park one more thing. the ridgecrest is here. it goes all the way out to where there s some weak shaking in fresno, l.a., long beach, all the way out to las vegas, but 42,000 feeling very strong shaking. that is a concern, but 21 million felt light shaking. that s the low frequency energy, the rolling frequency, those are the ones that move out far, and give you that rolling motion. we re not out of this just yet. is it possible we could have a quake that s stronger than the 6.4? yes, we see this sometimes around the globe evening though you had a foreshock, if there s enough energy still in there, we