WEBVTT 00:00.501 --> 00:04.304 NBC’S MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS MADE HIS WAY TO RIDGECREST TONIGHT. 00:04.338 --> 00:04.938 HIS WAY TO RIDGECREST TONIGHT. >> Reporter: IT STRUCK AT 10:33 00:04.972 --> 00:05.572 >> Reporter: IT STRUCK AT 10:33 A.M., FLAMES QUICKLY ENGULFING 00:05.573 --> 00:13.680 A.M., FLAMES QUICKLY ENGULFING THIS HOME. 00:13.681 --> 00:14.214 THIS HOME. >> EARTHQUAKE, ALL UNITS OUT 00:14.248 --> 00:14.614 >> EARTHQUAKE, ALL UNITS OUT FROM YOUR STATIONS 00:14.615 --> 00:14.914 FROM YOUR STATIONS >> Reporter: 00:14.916 --> 00:15.515 >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING AFTER 00:15.517 --> 00:25.191 FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE STARTED THE 00:25.226 --> 00:25.725 THE EARTHQUAKE STARTED THE FOURTH OF JULY WITH A BANG 00:25.760 --> 00:26.326 FOURTH OF JULY WITH A BANG THE EPICENTER IN RIDGECREST IN 00:26.327 --> 00:26.726 THE EPICENTER IN RIDGECREST IN THE MOJAVE DESERT. 00:26.727 --> 00:27.327 THE MOJAVE DESERT. >> WE HAVE MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL 00:27.328 --> 00:27.561 >> WE HAVE MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL FIREARMS 00:27.595 --> 00:28.195 FIREARMS >> Reporter: THE QUAKE WAS SO 00:28.196 --> 00:28.829 >> Reporter: THE QUAKE WAS SO POWERFUL IT SPLIT THE ASPHALT ON 00:28.830 --> 00:34.634 POWERFUL IT SPLIT THE ASPHALT ON THIS HIGHWAY 00:34.669 --> 00:35.168 THIS HIGHWAY >> ALL THE KNICKKNACKS AND 00:35.203 --> 00:35.736 >> ALL THE KNICKKNACKS AND THINGS IN THE CABINETS WERE 00:35.770 --> 00:36.236 THINGS IN THE CABINETS WERE FLYING OUT LIKE MISSILES 00:36.238 --> 00:36.837 FLYING OUT LIKE MISSILES >> Reporter: AISLE AFTER AISLE 00:36.838 --> 00:40.674 >> Reporter: AISLE AFTER AISLE AT GROCERY STORES AND 00:40.708 --> 00:41.341 AT GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES, MERCHANDISE 00:41.342 --> 00:41.842 CONVENIENCE STORES, MERCHANDISE TOSSED OFF SHELVES, FLOORS 00:41.876 --> 00:46.180 TOSSED OFF SHELVES, FLOORS DAMAGED. 00:46.214 --> 00:46.847 DAMAGED. THE QUAKE TURNING SWIMMING POOLS 00:46.848 --> 00:53.153 THE QUAKE TURNING SWIMMING POOLS INTO WAVE POOLS. 00:53.188 --> 00:53.720 INTO WAVE POOLS. INSIDE RESTAURANTS PANIC AND 00:53.755 --> 00:54.354 INSIDE RESTAURANTS PANIC AND FEAR AS THE RUMBLE SHATTERED THE 00:54.389 --> 00:54.688 FEAR AS THE RUMBLE SHATTERED THE HIGHWAY. 00:54.722 --> 00:56.056 HIGHWAY. STRIKING FIVE MILES DEEP, THE 00:56.057 --> 01:05.165 STRIKING FIVE MILES DEEP, THE 6.4 QUAKE RATTLED THE REGION, 01:05.199 --> 01:05.799 6.4 QUAKE RATTLED THE REGION, SHAKING THE EARTH AS FAR AWAY AS 01:05.834 --> 01:06.333 SHAKING THE EARTH AS FAR AWAY AS LAS VEGAS, ARIZONA, EVEN 01:06.335 --> 01:08.335 LAS VEGAS, ARIZONA, EVEN REACHING SAN DIEGO, 20 MILLION 01:08.336 --> 01:08.936 REACHING SAN DIEGO, 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE. 01:08.937 --> 01:12.773 PEOPLE IN THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE. IN LOS ANGELES, 150 MILES FROM 01:12.774 --> 01:13.307 IN LOS ANGELES, 150 MILES FROM THE EPICENTER, CHANDELIERS 01:13.308 --> 01:23.884 THE EPICENTER, CHANDELIERS RATTLED. 01:23.885 --> 01:24.485 RATTLED. WHILE THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED, IT 01:24.519 --> 01:25.419 WHILE THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED, IT WAS THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN 01:25.453 --> 01:26.086 WAS THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN MORE THAN 01:26.087 --> 01:26.287 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS 01:26.321 --> 01:26.854 20 YEARS TODAY, 36 AFTER SHOCKS WERE 01:26.888 --> 01:27.388 TODAY, 36 AFTER SHOCKS WERE REPORTED IN THE FIRST 90 01:27.389 --> 01:27.588 REPORTED IN THE FIRST 90 MINUTES. 01:27.623 --> 01:28.222 MINUTES. DOZENS MORE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 01:28.256 --> 01:32.292 DOZENS MORE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. 01:32.294 --> 01:32.860 THE DAY. >> IT WAS MORE OF A BACK AND 01:32.861 --> 01:33.194 >> IT WAS MORE OF A BACK AND FORTH ROLLING. 01:33.195 --> 01:33.594 FORTH ROLLING. IT WAS A GOOD SHAKER 01:33.629 --> 01:34.228 IT WAS A GOOD SHAKER >> Reporter: LESTER WAS ALSO IN 01:34.262 --> 01:39.366 >> Reporter: LESTER WAS ALSO IN L.A. AND FELT THE QUAKE. 01:39.367 --> 01:40.000 L.A. AND FELT THE QUAKE. >> THIS ONE WAS JUST A SERIES OF 01:40.001 --> 01:40.501 >> THIS ONE WAS JUST A SERIES OF WAVES, ROUGHLY THE SAME 01:40.502 --> 01:41.102 WAVES, ROUGHLY THE SAME INTENSITY BUT LIKE BEING ON AN 01:41.103 --> 01:45.272 INTENSITY BUT LIKE BEING ON AN OCEAN. 01:45.274 --> 01:45.906 OCEAN. WHAT STRUCK IN MY MIND DIFFERENT 01:45.907 --> 01:46.407 WHAT STRUCK IN MY MIND DIFFERENT THAN ANY EARTHQUAKE I’VE 01:46.408 --> 01:47.007 THAN ANY EARTHQUAKE I’VE EXPERIENCED WAS THAT IT DIDN’T 01:47.009 --> 01:47.307 EXPERIENCED WAS THAT IT DIDN’T SEEM TO END. 01:47.309 --> 01:47.908 SEEM TO END. IT JUST KEPT GOING AND GOING AND 01:47.943 --> 01:53.747 IT JUST KEPT GOING AND GOING AND GOING. 01:53.782 --> 01:54.382 GOING. >> Reporter: AT THE RIDGECREST 01:54.383 --> 01:54.915 >> Reporter: AT THE RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHERE MANY 01:54.950 --> 01:55.549 REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHERE MANY OFTEN TURN FOR HELP, THEY HAD TO 01:55.584 --> 01:56.217 OFTEN TURN FOR HELP, THEY HAD TO SEND PATIENTS AWAY BEFORE LATER 01:56.218 --> 02:06.227 SEND PATIENTS AWAY BEFORE LATER REOPENING THE EMERGENCY ROOM 02:06.261 --> 02:06.827 REOPENING THE EMERGENCY ROOM >> I WAS READY TO TREAT MYSELF 02:06.829 --> 02:07.428 >> I WAS READY TO TREAT MYSELF BECAUSE I DON’T WANT A ROOF TO 02:07.429 --> 02:07.762 BECAUSE I DON’T WANT A ROOF TO FALL ON MYSELF 02:07.796 --> 02:08.429 FALL ON MYSELF >> Reporter: TONIGHT A REGION ON 02:08.430 --> 02:09.730 >> Reporter: TONIGHT A REGION ON EDGE WITH NERVES RATTLED AS THE 02:09.731 --> 02:10.231 EDGE WITH NERVES RATTLED AS THE EARTH CONTINUES TO SHAKE 02:10.232 --> 02:11.532 EARTH CONTINUES TO SHAKE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS WE 02:11.533 --> 02:12.133 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS WE HAVE FELT SEVERAL AFTER SHOCKS 02:12.134 --> 02:26.814 HAVE FELT SEVERAL AFTER SHOCKS IN THIS AREA. 02:26.815 --> 02:27.348 IN THIS AREA. IN FACT THERE ARE TWO ACTIVE 02:27.382 --> 02:27.782 IN FACT THERE ARE TWO ACTIVE FAULT LINES TONIGHT. 02:27.816 --> 02:28.449 FAULT LINES TONIGHT. THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY SHIFTING, 02:28.450 --> 02:28.750 THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY SHIFTING, THE GROUND IS. 02:28.784 --> 02:29.284 THE GROUND IS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER 02:29.318 --> 02:29.617 I WANT TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER PICTURE HERE 02:29.618 --> 02:30.151 PICTURE HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS WATER MANE 02:30.185 --> 02:30.351 YOU CAN SEE THIS WATER MANE BREAK. 02:30.352 --> 02:30.852 BREAK. IT BROKE A FEW HOURS AGO 02:30.853 --> 02:31.352 IT BROKE A FEW HOURS AGO WE’RE TOLD A GEYSER WAS 02:31.354 --> 02:31.953 WE’RE TOLD A GEYSER WAS SQUIRTING UP TO 20 FEET IN THE 02:31.954 --> 02:32.120 SQUIRTING UP TO 20 FEET IN THE AIR. 02:32.154 --> 02:32.754 AIR. A NEARBY CITY HAS LOST ALL WATER 02:32.788 --> 02:32.988 A NEARBY CITY HAS LOST ALL WATER TONIGHT.