aftershocks as well. well, julie, we may be dealing with more aftershocks. there s approximately, according to the geologists, about a 1 in 20 chance or a 5% chance that there could be a following earthquake soon that could be worse than that. more significant. a 95% chance that we won t see anything that matches the intensity of this recent 6.4 earthquake. this was a big shakeup for a lot of folks. this was the first earthquake in southern california of this magnitude in 20 years. so many folks have been migrating away from the northeastern u.s., to the south and west. there s a lot of new residents in southern california. so earthquakes in the east coast, you might recall the one that happened near washington d.c. to the southern appalachians our central appalachians seven or eight years ago.
i m getting some information about a possible warning for another earthquake. this is coming from kern county. kern county fire says another earthquake has been predicted in or around kern county. for location, kern county is about two hours north of los angeles. the largest city there is bakersfield. that s in the region where this quick struck this morning. so this is rather alarming piece of information that has come out. i guess this is good warning for people living in that area. you might want to do what you can to prepare. perhaps start gathering bottled water, moving out of the way where you can be hit by falling debris. i don t know what they re basing this on.
from a liquor store in ridge crest. this is the first of many videos you ll see pouring in today. this is near the epicenter. you can see the broken bottles on the floor. the shelves there rattled inten intensely. anita vogel is reporting live with more. julie, that s right, the earthquake struck at 10:33 local time in los angeles near the city of ridge crest in the mojave desert area in san bernardino county. 2 1/2 hours or 150 miles from los angeles. we felt a slight shaking or rolling motion here in our los angeles bureau. it was soft and lasted, i would say, 10, 15 seconds. the good news is the lapd says they have not received calls or damage or injury. that s the good news. we re hearing a different story in ridge crest. a town of 30,000 people, which again is right near that epicenter between the epicenter
eastern time. in under five to ten minutes, that potential alert for a potential pending second earthquake could be looming. if you re in kern county, 130 miles northeast of los angeles, you re told to evacuate. if you re in a structure and you feel the rolling feeling, if you re in a structure to get under something like a desk. if you re outside, get away from any potential falling debris like debris off a building or a sign, in a store like this one in ridgecrest, where everything literally flew off the shelf, that s where injuries happen. you get hit by flying debris. or if you re in your car, drive to an area that is open and pull over. pull up your emergency brake so you can secure your car and stay as safe as possible. between 5 to 10 minutes that
why they re evacuating that hospital. when we find that out, we ll get back to you. anita vogel, thanks very much. a fox news alert. we re watching an earthquake which has rattled a large swath of southern california. the quake measuring with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4. it struck today, this morning near the town of ridgecrest, california, about 150 miles northeast of los angeles. we ve just been notified that fire that you see has been put out. that s a home in ridgecrest. there s been dozens of fire and emergency and medical calls that have been made. likely that won t be the only fire firefighters have to put out today. the kern county fire department has issued an alert. another possible earthquake is predicted in the next 15 minutes. that alert came down at 3:22