4.7-magnitude earthquake with epicenter near Malibu rattles Los Angeles area

WE HAVE SEEN SOME LANDSLIDES AND OTHER THINGS BECAUSE OF OUR OTHER WEATHER-RELATED EVENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO FAR, SO GOOD. >> THE SHAKING HAS CONTINUED. SHAKING CONTINUES BUT OF COURSE NOTHING AS MAJOR AS WHAT WE SAW INITIALLY. WE DO WANT TO CHECK IN WITH PAUL ONCE AGAIN. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EARTHQUAKE WEATHER. THERE IS ALWAYS WHETHER HAPPENING WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS BUT ARE THEY RELATED? THE ANSWER IS NO. NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED EARTHQUAKE WEATHER. ASICS IS NOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN A FIVE. A5 IS NOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN A FOUR. THE MAP WOULD SAY FIVE PLUS ONE YOU GET A MAGNITUDE SIX. THIS WAS A 4.7, NOT THAT THAT. AS YOU INCREASE THE MAGNITUDE BY ONE, THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY RELEASE GOES UP BY 10. LET'S TAKE A 4.7. IF WE WERE TO HAVE A 5.70 IS NOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IT IS 10 TIMES STRONGER. LET'S GO FATHER. IF WE WERE TO HAVE A 6.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT WOULD BE 100 TIMES STRONGER THAN WHAT WE JUST HAD. IF WE WERE TO HAVE A 7.7 THAT WOULD BE 1000 TIMES STRONGER. WE USE THESE NUMBERS KIND OF LIKE SECOND GRADE MATH. IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. IF WE WERE TALKING A SIX OR SEVEN, NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MORE. WE DON'T KNOW WHICH FAULT THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY ON. THE LARGEST FAULT IN THAT GENERAL AREA OR THE MALIBU COAST FAULT IN THE SANTA MONICA FAULT. THERE IS ALSO FAULT THEY'RE CALLED THE HOLLYWOOD FAULT. WE KNOW WHERE IT WAS CENTERED. WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A LOT OF HISTORY GOING BACK TO THE 1850S. SO WE CAN MAKE SOME TO GENERAL STATEMENTS. CALIFORNIA GETS ABOUT 17 MAGNITUDE FOR EARTHQUAKES ON AN AVERAGE YEAR. SO FAR WE'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS. TALKING ABOUT THE CHANCE OF THIS WAS A FOUR SHOCK. SMALL CHANCE, 5% CHANCE OF THE BIG EARTHQUAKE IS COMING. THAT MEANS THERE IS A 95% CHANCE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 4.7 THAT WE JUST HAD BEEN THE BIGGEST QUAKE. THERE IS AGOURA HILLS THERE IS A 101. THAT IS NOT THE BIG -- I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT JUST POPPED UP. THAT WAS THE EPICENTER OF THE 4.7 MAGNITUDE. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AFTERSHOCKS. ONE OF THE AFTERSHOCKS WAS A 2.8 4.7 HAPPENED ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NUMEROUS AFTERSHOCKS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WE'VE ALREADY HAD THREE MAGNITUDE TWO OR GREATER. BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE ON KCAL NEWS MORNINGS OF THE EARTHQUAKE THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING. WE WANT TO GET OUT TO THE OFFICER WITH THE CHP. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US THIS MORNING, OFFICER? >> AFTER ANY TYPE OF EARTHQUAKE OR DISASTER LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO CHECK OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DO RELY HIGHLY ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING. IF THERE IS A FOLDER BLOCKING THE ROAD, THAT IS AN EMERGENCY. WE WILL HAVE THEM CHECK THE BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY ARE NOT HOLLAND ENGINEERS. SEEING ANYTHING VERY OBVIOUS IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED VERY SERIOUSLY. DOING JUST A GENERAL CHECK ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. OUR OFFICERS DRIVING AROUND MAKING SURE THERE IS NOTHING THAT STANDS OUT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. >> OFFICER, WHERE EXACTLY IN THE VALLEY ARE YOU AND WHERE WERE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU FEEL THIS MORNING. >> DE SOTO JUST NORTH OF THE 101 FREEWAY. WE FELT EXACTLY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE FELT GOOD TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. ALL OF OUR ALERTS GOING OFF. EVERYBODY'S PHONES GOING OFF RIGHT AWAY. WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS AFOOT. MAKING SURE EVERYONE GETS TO A SAFE LOCATION. SETTLE DOWN AND THEN WE STARTED TO GET TO WORK. SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS MANY MANY TIMES, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR ANYBODY AS WE KIND OF MOVED TO THE DANCER THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT ONE? >> AS WE GENERALLY SAY WITH ANYTHING, WANT SOMETHING BIG CAP AND STATE HOME. SWERVING OFF THE ROAD, IF YOU CAN DRIVE STRAIGHT, DRIVE STRAIGHT. IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S UNSAFE, MOVE OVER IF YOU CAN. DON'T JUST GRAB THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AS HARD AS YOU CAN. WE WANT YOU TO SLOW DOWN AND ONCE IT IS ALL DONE FIND THE LOCATION SAFEST FOR YOU. GET A HOLD OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE AT SITUATIONS, THEY WOULD CALL 911. WE DO DEPEND ON THE PUBLIC AS OUR EYES AND EARS OF WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE. OUR OFFICERS MAY BE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND IF WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GUYS LET US KNOW. >> WE WERE IN STUDIO WHEN THIS HAPPENED. DID YOU OR ANY OF YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS, ARE YOU GETTING ANY REPORTS OF PEOPLE THAT FELT THE SHAKING AS THEY WERE ON THE ROAD DRIVING. >> ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS DID NOT FEEL IT, SHE SAID SHE SAW EVERYTHING SWAYING. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS NOT TOO BIG OF A DEAL FOR THE DRIVERS. AS YOU ARE SAYING A LITTLE BIT AGO WITH THE EARTHQUAKES INCREASING FREQUENCY AND THE STRENGTH, HITTING A LOT BIGGER I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL OUT MORE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW WATCHING EVERYTHING ELSE SWAYING SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. >> I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE THE REPORTS FOR MANY PEOPLE. POTENTIALLY GOOD NEWS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHECKING THE STRUCTURES AND ROADWAYS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ALL THAT PLAYS INTO IT. IF THEY DID FEEL IT I THINK WE WOULD BE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION. >> OFFICER CASEY RAMM SAID WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED WITHIN THE NEW INFORMATION YOU FIND. >> ABSOLUTELY. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND BE SAFE OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU. YOU TWO. I APPRECIATE THE OFFICERS WORKING OUT THERE. AND OTHER LIVE LOOK AT ALEXIS MORNING. WHEN IT COMES TO DAILY LIFE, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. TRAFFIC MOVING SMOOTHLY. TAXIING OUT ON THE RUNWAY. OKAY. WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CHECK IN WITH LYNN SCHOLZ. MANAGER OF THE -- WE ARE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION FROM THE PRODUCERS AS WE ARE LIVE ON TELEVISION SO I APOLOGIZE FOR STARTING AND STOPPING. YOU MUST GET READY FOR THE BREAKFAST CROWD. WHAT'S GOING ON. OUR OFFICES UPSTAIRS IN A LITTLE BIT OF OUR BUILDING. WOULD NOT WANT TO BE UP HERE IN THE EARTHQUAKE. >> HOW DID YOU FARE? >> IT WAS SHAKY. IT WAS NOT TOO EXTREME. NOTHING DAMAGE DOWN HERE. THE COOKS WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT. EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE. >> YOU GUYS ARE NEAR THE EPICENTER. DID YOU NOTICE ANY CRACKS IN THE BUILDING, ANYTHING FALLING OFF THE SHELVES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> SHE IS OUT FRONT. THE BIG CONCERN SEEING THE >> DEFINITELY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THAT AREA CAN LEAD TO SOME PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS. WHAT IS IT LIKE AROUND YOU? OUR FOLKS KIND OF OUTSIDE TALKING AMONGST EACH OTHER? WHAT IS THE MOOD THERE IN MALIBU >> PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT AND ABOUT OUR ACKNOWLEDGING IT, DISCUSSING IT. KIND OF STANDING OUTSIDE. NORMALLY WE HAVE A FEW GUEST BY NOW. I KNOW TRAFFIC AND CONCERNS, THAT IS WHERE WE ARRIVED. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK. LOCATED WITHIN THE MALIBU VILLAGE MALL IS THAT CORRECT? >> OTHER BUSINESSES THERE, HAS ANYBODY SEEN ANYTHING OF ANY CONCERN. ANY CRACKS, ANYTHING. >> IT IS STILL VERY EARLY. MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 10 OR 11. >> YOU ARE THE BREAKFAST PLACE EVERYBODY ELSE IS A LATE RISER. >> WE ARE THE CENTER OF THE ACTION HERE. YES. >> PERHAPS WHEN THE NERVES ARE SETTLED AND EVERYBODY GETS BACK TO NORMAL PEOPLE WILL COME OUT TO MARMALADE CAFÉ AND ENJOY SOME BREAKFAST. YOU GUYS DO HAVE SOME GREAT BREAKFASTS OUT THERE. WE ARE CERTAINLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS ARE OKAY IN YOUR BUSINESS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ARE HERE AS WELL. >> COME ON DOWN. WE'D LOVE TO FEED YOU. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THE EPICENTER WAS. 4.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR MALIBU. YOU CAN SEE IT HAS IMPACTED MUCH OF THE AREA. HEARING FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE VIEWING AREA. ANAHEIM, LONG BEACH, LOS ANGELES , SAN BERNARDINO. DID CHECK AGAIN, NO TSUNAMI WARNINGS OR WATCHES WHICH IS GOOD NEWS AS YOU HEAR ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE, THE EPICENTER BEING A MALIBU NEAR THE COASTLINE. CHECKING IN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT , EDUCATIONAL OFFICIALS, YOU SEE THE AIRPORT UP AND RUNNING IT THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT PUTS US IN THE MOTIVE A GOOD REMINDER. WE NEED TO PREPARE. THERE COULD BE A BIGGER ONE. A RELATIVELY SMALL EARTHQUAKE. INITIALLY REPORTED AS A 5.1. THAT IS WHY EVERYONE GOT THE ALERT. AS OF RIGHT NOW 4.7. >> WE WILL CHECK IN WITH MARK LIU AT THE DESK. >> CONTINUING TO MONITOR THIS. L.A. COUNTY FIRE STATIONS HAVE ALL CHECKED IN WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND DISPATCH CENTER NO DAMAGE TO ANY FIRE STATIONS. NO INJURIES AT ANY OF THEM AS WELL. I DO HEAR THEM CALLING OUT TWO BATTALIONS ARE YOU READY TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LAKE COUNTY FIRE AT LEAST MAY BE GOING BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS ALREADY. I HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE U.S. GS DID YOU FEEL IT EARTHQUAKE THERE ARE EVEN PEOPLE SELF REPORTING HERE IN BAKERSFIELD THAT THEY FELT IT. CATHEDRAL CITY. EVEN SAN DIEGO CLOSE TO THE TIJUANA BOULDER -- TIJUANA BORDER. ONE WAY OUT IN ARIZONA. THAT MAY BE A DATA ERROR. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. EVEN HERE IN SANTA BARBARA THEY ARE FEELING IT. FELT FAR AND WIDE. THE OTHER THING, I CHECKED AS YOU DID THE U.S. TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY NO TSUNAMI WARNING ADVISORY OR THREAT DUE TO THIS EARTHQUAKE. GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ACROSS THE OCEAN AS WELL. WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THIS. SO FAR NO OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OTHER DAMAGE. SOMEONE HAD SENT THIS IN FROM RANCHO PALOS VERDES. A COLLEAGUE IN OUR NEWSROOM HAD A FRIEND THAT SAID THEY WERE SLEEPING THEY WOKE UP AND THEN THIS OTHER CRACK. IN THEIR CEILING. A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE TO A HOME HOMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACCUSED OF INCORRECT SPIRIT ACCORDING TO THIS FRIEND OF AN EMPLOYER IT IS BRAND-NEW IN THEIR BEDROOM FROM THIS MORNING 'S 730 MAGNITUDE 4.7 EARTHQUAKE. I WILL KEEP LOOKING AND LET YOU KNOW IF ANYTHIG COMES UP. >> IF THEY ARE RENTERS I'M CALLING THE LANDLORD. [LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU FOR THE. WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE ALL MORNING LONG. THAT IS A STORY WHEN THESE RELATIVELY SMALLER EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN. WE HEARD FROM THE PACIFIC PALISADES. WOODLAND HILLS WE HAD A COWORKER THAT HAD A CLOCK FALL OFF THE WALL AND BREAK. A GOOD REMINDER TO SECURE ALL OF THOSE PICTURE FRAMES AND OTHER OBJECTS. I KNOW THAT I'M THINKING WE HAVE SOME VERY NICE WINE GLASSES FROM OUR WEDDING THAT ARE ON THE SHELF THAT SHOULD THEY COME DOWN ARE WE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH DOCTOR RAYMOND HALL FROM MALIBU? OKAY. WE ARE