of california. we are pulling away. that's accommodating the three dimensional of the pulling away of the californias from north america. in terms of us human beings on land, it means sometimes you get two earthquakes. we had that here in '97 near the salton sea. >> patrick, i hate to cut you off. we are now being joined by phone by house minority leader. was affected by this 6.4 earthquake. how is everyone doing on the ground there, leader mccarthy? >> we are doing well. i have to thank the first responders. the size of this earthquake.