Residents, experts react to magnitude 4.2 earthquake

Published: Jan 05, 2024 Duration: 00:03:04 Category: News & Politics

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Earthquake KTLA 5 NEWS AT 4 I'M SAMANTHA CORTESE HAPPY FRIDAY, I'M COURTNEY FRIEL THE QUAKE STRUCK JUST BEFORE 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THE EPICENTER WAS REPORTED NOT FAR FROM THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. KTLA IS RACHEL MENITOFF JOINS US LIVE FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA. >> WITH MORE HI RACHEL. >> HI SAM HIGH COURT THAT'S RIGHT THIS WAS A 4.2 AND IT ORIGINATED ABOUT 11 MILES FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA WHERE WE ARE IN LYTLE CREEK CLOSE TO THE CAJON PASS AND EXPERTS SAY THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED ANY DAMAGE BUT YOU DEFINITELY FELT IT AND SOME PEOPLE EVEN CAPTURED THE MOMENT ON CAMERA. >> IT WAS ENOUGH OF A SHAKE TO STARTLE THE DOG AT HOME DESCRIBED BY SOME AS A JOLT WERE ROCKING BACK AND FORTH AROUND 1055. THE 4.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE COULD BE FELT ALL ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AND BEYOND AS FAR AS PASADENA LONG BEACH AND HOLLYWOOD A WAKE-UP CALL IF YOU WILL FOR BOB DOLE STEEN. >> THE WIFE AND I WERE SITTING IN FRONT ROOM AND ALL OF A BAM IT HIT NICE THOUGHT. WELL I WAS WAITING FOR MORE AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE FRIGHTENED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IN REAL TOW GIVES US SENSE OF THE IMPACT IT HAD ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THIS MAN WAS WORKING AT A BUS WAREHOUSE WHEN THE QUAKE TOUCHDOWN. >> I JUST HEARD BIG LOUD TOO WHEN THE WHOLE BUILDING KIND Earthquake location OF SHOOK ALL THE SHARES IT UNTIL I WALKED IN ALL THE WORKERS WERE CAME DOWN FROM THE LATTER'S EXPERTS SAY IT HAPPENED WHERE THE SAN ANDREAS AND SAN CASINOS FAULT LINES EMERGE WHICH ARE 2 OF THE LARGEST FAULT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THERE WAS AN EVEN LARGER EARTHQUAKE IN THE SAME LOCATION BACK IN 1970 IT REGISTERED AS A 5 POINT TO DOCTOR LUCY JONES LONGTIME SEISMOLOGIST AND ELI'S FOREMOST EARTHQUAKE EXPERT Earthquake expert SAYS IN THIS CASE THEY MAKE NOTE OF IT, BUT ODDS ARE IT WON'T PRODUCE ANYTHING BIGGER THE LONG TERM FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS WE HAVE ABOUT 10 EARTHQUAKES OF THAT SIZE EVERY YEAR. >> SO WE HAD A 4.1 OF COURSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY DOWN BY HOUSE PARTIES AND THEN THIS 4.2. >> BUT A LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF ABOUT ONCE A MONTH HAVING TO WITHIN A WEEK IS JUST NORMAL VARIABILITY DOCTOR JONES SAYS FRIDAY'S EVENT IS BEST SEEN AS A REMINDER THAT WE DO RUN THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKES IN THIS AREA BOTH BIG AND SMALL. >> AND EVEN FOR IS NOT THAT UNUSUAL FOR SUNDAY MCNICHOLS IN CLERMONT IT REALLY THREW HER FOR A LOOP. >> BUT SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MY CAR. DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN I THOUGHT WAIT THIS TEST BE SOMETHING ELSE I WAS RELIEVED, IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE ACTUALLY THAT ISSUE. >> AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T FELT ANY OF THE AFTERSHOCKS DOCTOR JONES SAYS IT'S A 5050 TOSS UP WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO FEEL ANY OF AFTER EFFECTS FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE, WE'RE LIVE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA I'M RACHEL MENITOFF SAM COURT BACK TO THE STUDIO. >> RACHEL THANK YOU. SAM, YOU SAID YOU FELT FELT IT, BUT MY DOG DIDN'T REACT AT ALL AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PREMONITION ABOUT STUFF.

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