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Driving through that residential area where that house fire was lots of families sitting outside on their curbs having no idea whether to go back inside, keep their kids outside. its hard to explain how scary it was. i know we live in california and a lot of people are used to shaking. that 6.4 on friday when we talked to people here in ridgecrest, people who lived here for generations said that was the most violent thing they ever felt. this was so much stronger. >> that says a lot. i have to s...

Its not jerky, but kind of like a sin wave. >> we were here yesterday. its something that comes with where you live. >> at first we were like is that an earthquake. and then we noticed the sign was shaking. it felt like yeah, like a rolling almost like youre on a cruise ship. >> just the rolling i dont know, took quite a long while for it to stop which is really strange for not being a violent shaking. ive been through the ones that were pretty violent. >> so maybe no property damage in these en...

Cleaning the convenience store till about 2:30 this morning. went home and slept and woke up and you know. >> i just described what it was like waking up to a 7.1 quake. what was yours experience waking up with the violent shaking. > i didnt wake up. >> you slept through that 5.4 this morning. >> i was tired. >> you were tired. >> i would not have slept through that you 5.4 this morning. that are a scary quake. we felt aftershocks all today. the 7.1. talk to me about your experience as soon as i...

The alarm in the hotel went off. my crew was on the third. i was on the first floor. the crew knocked out of bed. a really vinyl shaking. violent shaking. furniture and clothing. everything off desks. i got out so quickly i didnt run into any personnel. there was someone going door to door on the third floor. outside the hotel reran into families being confused. not sure what to do or do. outside we spoke with a bunch of people. local residents are going door to doo and making sure people are ok...

Violent shaking. debris falls from the ceiling. terrified people dive under desks. >> its okay. youre okay. >> this video from a tv reporter inside a sixth floor office of the courthouse in downtown anchorage shows the earthquake lasted several seconds. inside this home, a horrified mother grabs her children. she heads toward the door, then hugs them. a passenger in this vehicle took this video of an off-ramp that collapsed, an suv stuck in the middle of the damage. the earthquake, which measure...

And then he was court-martialed and as a result of that court-martial, he was sentenced to continfinement and a bad cont discharge. >> explain the fractures, what he did to this little boy, this stepson. how old was the stepson? how violent were the assaults and how permanent the damage? >> well, any time you have a subdural hematoma, which is a bleeding between the skull and the brain, thats considered very dangerous and can lead to death. that typically comes from violent shaking, which is wha...

Chad meyers is here. what do we know they might be seeing later today? >> we have seen three big aftershocks, and the latest was a 5.7. there is australia. we know all about that, and the wiggles live there and all of that. here is new zealand down here, all part of this pacific ring of fire. the entire ring of fire in most spots the reason why some of these islands and valleys and places exist in the first place. lets take to you what were talking about. heres the city here of christchurch and ...

And estimations right now 10 to 15 feet. >> want to take you to cnns chad myers. hes gotten up early on this saturday morning to help us understand exactly how large of a quake this is, put it all in perspective, and really help us prepare for whats to come for these tsunami warnings. what do you know so far, chad? >> and dr. curt frankel from georgia tech, my phone a friend. thank you for getting up at a ridiculous hour this morning. >> sure. >> seismologist here. why people felt waves and shak...

The internet or maybe even by phone so theyre trying to do what they can. >> some even inside chile are trying to seek comfort via twitter or other things. josh levs spoke with some of these tweeters for their reaction of whats going on in south america. >> one twitterer or tweeter i was talking with earlier today. he was inside a hotel, felt the shaking, stepped out, screamed for everyone to stay safe, grabbed someones hand, ran out on the street where everything was still shaking and saw thing...

Slam and sort of compression. as you can see the waves compressing and extending, compressing and extending as they move through earth. >> kind of like pushing a slinky. >> exactly. >> you can feel that -- >> jolt. >> like one jolt. okay. >> thats right. >> then "s." >> theyre the next waves to arrive. these have an up-and-down motion, so higher amplitude, more shaking. >> more damage will happen with this. >> exactly. when the surface waves -- both the p wave and the s wave travel through the e...