Rupture Zone News Today

The first floor, her crew on the third. molly was awakened by the earthquake and the crew on the third floor said they were shaken awake. one out of bed. things were falling off the shelves. is she on? okay. lets go back to doctor jones. who is a sieismologist and she s keeping us up to date. >> it can be high lie variable. in fact in a number of cases where the epicenter is located has a smaller amount of slip. >> if theres a huge variability at the end of the fault you see less than the middle...

Rupture zone. >> hopefully theyll be able to get out maybe tomorrow or the next day and look along other sections of the rupture. but this is a pretty dramatic picture. fortunately, they were able to actually get out there tonight. presumably, i think these guys and gals are going to be working throughout the night to gather as much data as they can. >> will we see more of this tomorrow? >> i suspect so, yes. >> how many people are out there? >> you know, i dont have an exact count, but i would ...

The fault you often see less than you see in the middle of the fault i know its tapering off before it ends, and this doesnt appear to be at the various southern end of the rupture zone. >> hopefully they will be able to get out may be tomorrow or the next day and look along other sections of the rupture, but this is a pretty dramatic picture. fortunately they were able to get out there tonight presumably , i think these guys and gals are going to be workin throughout the night together a much d...

Even at 7.1, this is a major earthquake and the fact it is an aftershock does not diminish t so much small hearten main shock, the 9.0. >> don, hopefully you can explain this to all of us because the original 9.0 earthquake was back on march 11th, as i said. so, how is this considered not a stand-alone earthquake on its own and considered more to be an aftershock? >> what happens, particularly with quakes, all the gases are not completely released in the main shock, the 9.0. so there are additio...