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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 on cell phones and were pitch back. Its a very impressive explosion. What appears to be a house fire...

We now see more after shocks up to the very northwest end. and chances are we stop now. it's possible we'll continue to extend up to the northwest. >> 7.1 you kp expect after shock sequence of over a year. >> yes. the 7.3 landers earthquake the last magnitude happened in 1998. six years after of the main shock. we should be expecting to record earthquakes here for a listening time. >> can you describe that terrain? of the main shock was. >> well, the terrain is very isolated. it's desert. not a lot of population. so actually in a sense for being able to get people out there and look at it, the...

People who were in the mix before sonia sotomayor would still be high on the list, and press secretary robert gibbs said if somebody resigns from the supreme court, they will be ready. jane: melanie in washington for us, thanks. gregg: now back to the baja earthquake. hundreds of aftershocks rocking the area right now near the mexico/u.s. border. this after sunday's powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake. could this be a precursor to something even bigger in southern california? joining me now is john rundle, a seismologist at uc berkeley. thanks very much for being with us. is this a precursor to ...