seconds. so you can better believe something like that makes everyone very attuned to any kind of shaking that takes place here. they re saying that these intersecting fault lines now is radiating a little bit further to the north. more towards that naval weapons station near china lake, which is a huge facility. you can better believe that they re going to be investigating any kind of damage that takes place here, but this particular fault line is about 25 miles long. and now they re saying in the vicinity of ridgecrest to the east, that we have seen these surface eruptions. the ground is actually opening up. we saw them. they re a press conference, that there were actually looked like waves where the asphalt was just kind of broken up as it emanates out from the center of that earthquake. very fascinating. they re getting a prime
that, yes, this kind of swarm of activity is a little exceptional, but it s not unheard of. if you re wondering, why do we see so many of these things? this is a very seismically active region. all right. i want to take you to state highway 78 between bakersfield which is north of los angeles, between bakersfield, and you head a little towards the northeast. there were some rocks on the road. and you can better believe that people who were trying to get emergency equipment in, people who just want to help had to come across this. they re saying that this is cleared up now. but these kinds of things, because it s nighttime, you can t see what s going on. so it s very, very dangerous. that, and they re saying that these surface eruptions, these surface faults, we haven t really heard that before. but now we re starting to see some of those images where the ground is opening up. not with every earthquake do you