Correspondent jeff pauls in bridge pressed california. Hello, jeff. We are in the town of ridgecrest california which is the closest municipal area to wear this magnitude 6. 4 earthquake struck out in the Mojave Desert. We are still feeling aftershocks here, some foreign a half hours after this event had started and we expect to throughout the day. This earthquake the most powerful earthquake held in Southern California in about 20 years. So powerful that people from as far away as los angeles to las vegas, nevada, reported feeling this earthquake. We are essentially at what is the staging area where police and fire are getting updates about this earthquake that started shortly after 10 30 a. M. Local time. Some felt the shaking while others physically reported swaying so strong in some spots it caused shelves at stores to come crashing down and even broken windows. If so far only reports of minor injuries, but the local hospital here in ridgecrest under evacuation orders right now. It
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