Surface Rupture News Today

Seconds. We stayed under the table until the shaking stopped. I said well be okay. Were starting to get the initial video and pictures. Obviously everybody is posting things. That were seeing from the effects of that tremor. What were seeing is an impressive fire. This is not from the yesterday. This is from now. This is from a im waiting to get the location. It maybe ridge crest, california. Where alex it is ridge crest. Confirmation. You might be looking at video that we sent in. Were working ...

The jagged rupture offset the ground across the region, leaving conspicuous splits in farmland and infrastructure.

We had just had briefings as we came out of the field today, we being myself and janice hernandez from the california geological survey. with support from the california highway patrol, we were able to do reconnaissance from surface rupture. when an earthquake happens, our network picks that up, and of course we automatically locate and get that information out to everybody immediately. we also then follow that up and in larger earthquakes like the 6.4 and now the 7.1, we lock for fault surface ...

Striking fault. down here and its not at all clear that part moved in the 7.1. >> do you know what kind of earthquake it was yet? >> what do you mean by kind of earthquake. >> strike slit. >> thats something we can get from the seismic records. >> just to follow on with that the event yesterday was left lateral. strike slip. when released some compression on what we think is the fault that ruptured this evening in the 7.1. this that presumably is a right lateral strike slip. with it. basically m...

With us. >> just want to say first of all, i owe thanks to the navy base for allowing us access and to the city for their support, mayor, chief of police, we just had briefings as we came out of the field today, myself and january hernandez from geo lockical california surgery and able to do aerial reconnaissance of the surface structure. when earthquake happens we automatically locate and get that information to everybody immediately. we also then follow that up and in larger earthquakes like t...

Ground. rather than naming each piece separately its called the little lake fault system. these are -- >> the length of the fault itself has been defined by the 7.1 earthquake. >> no. we dont know. if you look at the map we can see. one of the things we can do if we got a break and found stuff. we could pull out -- well try to get out the state geology map. but notice theres a little string of -- >> and it was not a through going fault. it was pieces through here. and we have pieces further up. ...

Before. this is a -- >> let me ask you this. so does that mean were looking at a surface rupture of about 25 miles in length? >> well, this is just one point. and its down towards the south. i would speculate that we will find surface rupture along to the northwest as well. >> am i incorrect in thinking there would be more of the surface rupture closer to the point of origin? >> it can be highly variable. and in fact in a number of cases where the epicenter located actually has a smaller amount ...

Ground. the earthquake yesterday did cause surface rupture. i would highly expect the quake tonight is also going to break up to the ground surface. so we will be getting information from them. hopefully later this evening. and relay that information to you. as we can. >> ongoing? typically how long. >> usually after shocks lasting for years. >> yeah. the expectation is well have after shocks tonight and will continue on. we will continue well come back in 30 minutes. as we get information and a...

>> one thing you can notice and this is actually not just a single break, there is a distribution across numerous fault historians. thats where you are also seeing - >> this is a 3.6. >> does that mean we are lookin at the surface rupture classics. >> well, this is just one point and its down towards the fault. i would speculate that we will find surface rupture along into the north and west as well. >> mi correct in thinking there would be more of a surface rupture closer to where the point of ...

It becomes at decision a committee decision balancing al of these different things, what is the best way to go? >> e said theres two possible faults, is that correct? >> theyre are two faults activ right now, we dont know for sure what they are, but you ca see it from the distribution of the aftershocks notice it is an l-shaped. fault dont turn corners that means we have two separate faults the fact that it forms that l. >> when you said was a little part. >> we hypothesized a relationship which...