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earthquake. richard? wow, joe. thank you so much. hopefully things stay steady as they say there in ridgecrest right now. ridgecrest, creatively, joe fryer, thank you. we re going to turn to the mayor of ridgecrest, peggy breeden. she joins us by phone. mayor, thanks for being with us. your latest check-in with emergency services, what did you learn? caller: we have toured all the streets, walked in and driven every single street inside the city. we are assessing damages that are visible, and we re asking people to if they have cracks or feel they need inspections at their homes or their buildings, do call us. we are doing that. it is a time of thankfulness for so many of us because even though there s been some minimal damage, some significant, we had no lives lost, and only small
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have rocked the area, the largest this morning 5.4. the quake itself the largest in some 20 years, rattling buildings from las vegas to the california coast. that s scary right there, right in the midst of the independence day celebrations. it left cracks in roads and started some gas leaks. luckily there were only a few injuries. we were actually sleeping in our bed and we woke up to like seeing things flying off the walls and just like being like tilted like this back and forth. it was nuts. joining me now is peggy breeden, she s mayor of ridgecrest center the center of the quake. mayor, thanks so much for taking the time. good morning. thank you for asking. so still getting aftershocks there. i wonder how that s getting in the way of recovery efforts.
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