day before. people terrified in their homes, couldn't even stay on their feet. >> it was just -- i couldn't -- you had -- we had to sit down or crawl on hands and knees to get around because you couldn't stand up and be in an upright position without falling over. >> now here's the amazing news. after these two enormous quakes and aftershocks happening every minute, gas fires, building collapses and downed power lines, officials say so far nobody has died. live now to ridgecrest, california, that's about halfway between las vegas and los angeles. alexandra fields was there. you were there when this second more powerful earthquake struck. tell us what that was like. >> reporter: violent is absolutely the only word that i can use to describe the experience of feeling that bouncing, that jumping, hearing the rattling, hearing the sound of glass smashing. we were in this very popular mexican restaurant in town. it was pretty packed.