WEBVTT 00:01.469 --> 00:03.303 CALIFORNIA. JOE FRYER HAS MORE ON THAT. 00:03.338 --> 00:04.337 JOE FRYER HAS MORE ON THAT. >> Reporter: WHEN 00:04.372 --> 00:05.405 THAT. >> Reporter: WHEN TODAY’S MIGHTY 00:05.406 --> 00:06.106 >> Reporter: WHEN TODAY’S MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE STARTED 00:06.140 --> 00:06.906 TODAY’S MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE STARTED RATTLING THE REGION -- 00:06.908 --> 00:07.974 EARTHQUAKE STARTED RATTLING THE REGION -- >> AND THEN WE FELT 00:08.009 --> 00:09.009 RATTLING THE REGION -- >> AND THEN WE FELT THE SHAKE LIKE THIS. 00:09.043 --> 00:10.577 >> AND THEN WE FELT THE SHAKE LIKE THIS. >> Reporter: -- 00:10.611 --> 00:11.311 THE SHAKE LIKE THIS. >> Reporter: -- PANICKED RESIDENTS 00:11.345 --> 00:13.680 >> Reporter: -- PANICKED RESIDENTS WONDERED IF THIS WAS 00:13.714 --> 00:14.714 PANICKED RESIDENTS WONDERED IF THIS WAS THE BIG ONE CALIFORNIA 00:14.748 --> 00:16.082 WONDERED IF THIS WAS THE BIG ONE CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN BRACING FOR. 00:16.117 --> 00:16.783 THE BIG ONE CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN BRACING FOR. EXPERTS SAY NO. 00:16.784 --> 00:17.517 HAS BEEN BRACING FOR. EXPERTS SAY NO. >> THIS EARTHQUAKE 00:17.518 --> 00:21.021 EXPERTS SAY NO. >> THIS EARTHQUAKE DOES NOT MAKE THE BIG 00:21.055 --> 00:22.155 >> THIS EARTHQUAKE DOES NOT MAKE THE BIG ONE ANY MORE LIKELY OR 00:22.190 --> 00:25.292 DOES NOT MAKE THE BIG ONE ANY MORE LIKELY OR ANY LESS LIKELY. 00:25.293 --> 00:27.127 ONE ANY MORE LIKELY OR ANY LESS LIKELY. >> Reporter: 00:27.162 --> 00:28.762 ANY LESS LIKELY. >> Reporter: SEISMOLOGISTS SAY 00:28.796 --> 00:29.529 >> Reporter: SEISMOLOGISTS SAY THERE’S A 9% CHANCE 00:29.530 --> 00:30.397 SEISMOLOGISTS SAY THERE’S A 9% CHANCE OOF A LARGER 00:30.398 --> 00:31.331 THERE’S A 9% CHANCE OOF A LARGER EARTHQUAKE IN THE NEXT 00:31.366 --> 00:33.600 OOF A LARGER EARTHQUAKE IN THE NEXT WEEK AND 80% CHANCE OF 00:33.634 --> 00:35.335 EARTHQUAKE IN THE NEXT WEEK AND 80% CHANCE OF A MAGNITUDE 5. 00:35.369 --> 00:36.169 WEEK AND 80% CHANCE OF A MAGNITUDE 5. TWO FAULTS WERE 00:36.204 --> 00:37.237 A MAGNITUDE 5. TWO FAULTS WERE INVOLVED IN TODAY’S 00:37.238 --> 00:38.238 TWO FAULTS WERE INVOLVED IN TODAY’S QUAKE BUT NOT THE SAN 00:38.272 --> 00:38.972 INVOLVED IN TODAY’S QUAKE BUT NOT THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT MORE 00:39.007 --> 00:39.840 QUAKE BUT NOT THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT MORE THAN 100 MILES AWAY. 00:39.841 --> 00:40.540 ANDREAS FAULT MORE THAN 100 MILES AWAY. CALIFORNIA IS NO 00:40.542 --> 00:41.141 THAN 100 MILES AWAY. CALIFORNIA IS NO STRANGER TO 00:41.142 --> 00:41.908 CALIFORNIA IS NO STRANGER TO EARTHQUAKES. 00:41.909 --> 00:42.942 STRANGER TO EARTHQUAKES. IN 1989 A 6.9 QUAKE 00:42.944 --> 00:43.644 EARTHQUAKES. IN 1989 A 6.9 QUAKE DEVASTATED THE BAY 00:43.678 --> 00:44.344 IN 1989 A 6.9 QUAKE DEVASTATED THE BAY AREA AS THE WORLD 00:44.346 --> 00:45.078 DEVASTATED THE BAY AREA AS THE WORLD SERIES WAS GETTING 00:45.113 --> 00:47.648 AREA AS THE WORLD SERIES WAS GETTING UNDER WAY. 00:47.649 --> 00:51.251 SERIES WAS GETTING UNDER WAY. AND IN ’94, A 6.7 RAH 00:51.286 --> 00:52.018 UNDER WAY. AND IN ’94, A 6.7 RAH ADVANTAGED NORTH RIDGE 00:52.053 --> 00:52.753 AND IN ’94, A 6.7 RAH ADVANTAGED NORTH RIDGE NEAR L.A. 00:52.787 --> 00:53.487 ADVANTAGED NORTH RIDGE NEAR L.A. BOTH KILLED DOZENS. 00:53.521 --> 00:54.254 NEAR L.A. BOTH KILLED DOZENS. TODAY IN LOS ANGELES, 00:54.288 --> 00:55.021 BOTH KILLED DOZENS. TODAY IN LOS ANGELES, MANY WONDERED WHY THEY 00:55.056 --> 00:55.756 TODAY IN LOS ANGELES, MANY WONDERED WHY THEY DIDN’T GET AN ALERT 00:55.790 --> 00:56.657 MANY WONDERED WHY THEY DIDN’T GET AN ALERT FROM L.A.’S EARLY 00:56.658 --> 00:58.692 DIDN’T GET AN ALERT FROM L.A.’S EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. 00:58.726 --> 01:00.260 FROM L.A.’S EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. >> THE SHAKE ALERT 01:00.294 --> 01:01.828 WARNING SYSTEM. >> THE SHAKE ALERT DIDN’T GO OFF WHICH IS 01:01.863 --> 01:04.465 >> THE SHAKE ALERT DIDN’T GO OFF WHICH IS REALLY WEIRD. 01:04.499 --> 01:05.265 DIDN’T GO OFF WHICH IS REALLY WEIRD. THE SHAKE ALERT DIDN’T 01:05.267 --> 01:05.799 REALLY WEIRD. THE SHAKE ALERT DIDN’T GO OFF. 01:05.834 --> 01:06.467 THE SHAKE ALERT DIDN’T GO OFF. I CHECKED IT. 01:06.468 --> 01:07.067 GO OFF. I CHECKED IT. >> Reporter: 01:07.102 --> 01:07.801 I CHECKED IT. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE 01:07.836 --> 01:08.569 >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE SYSTEM DIDN’T FAIL. 01:08.570 --> 01:09.269 AUTHORITIES SAY THE SYSTEM DIDN’T FAIL. RATHER THE QUAKE’S 01:09.304 --> 01:10.036 SYSTEM DIDN’T FAIL. RATHER THE QUAKE’S INTENSITY IN L.A. WAS 01:10.071 --> 01:10.837 RATHER THE QUAKE’S INTENSITY IN L.A. WAS TOO LOW TO TRIGGER AN 01:10.839 --> 01:12.840 INTENSITY IN L.A. WAS TOO LOW TO TRIGGER AN ALERT. 01:12.841 --> 01:14.174 TOO LOW TO TRIGGER AN ALERT. >> THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY 01:14.176 --> 01:14.941 ALERT. >> THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKED AS DESIGNED. 01:14.943 --> 01:15.576 >> THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKED AS DESIGNED. >> Reporter: 01:15.577 --> 01:18.946 WORKED AS DESIGNED. >> Reporter: SEISMOLOGISTS SAY THE