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Crews battling house fires. multiple injuries reported tonight, and the hospital there at the epicenter in ridgecrest forced to evacuate. so far, hundreds of aftershocks and the region is bracing for more. abc's eva pilgrim starts us off in kern county. >> reporter: tonight, damage reports coming in. southern california rocked by a major earthquake. the largest to hit the region in 20 years. surveillance inside this restaurant capturing the intense shaking. employees running for cover. pictures falling off the wall. the 6.4 quake hitting at 10:33 a.m. local time in the mojave desert. the epice...

need folks to leave. i've been in there when planes have entered airspace and they told us to leave the capitol. during this instance, there was no such warning, there was no such direction from capitol police. it happened so quickly that the evacuation orders were given simply by word-of-mouth. by whatever office you were closest to. that was my experience just outside the senate chamber right above it. >> lisa with the latest from the capitol. wolf blitzer standing by for us in washington, d.c. wolf, i'm sure you'll be talking about this in the situation room later today. >> we cer...

This man scrambled on top of his householding onto the roof for dear life. >> you are very lucky to be alive. >> i'm lucky. very lucky. >> reporter: there was lesses that 30 minutes between the quake hitting and the monster wave devouring the coast. this is your house. he managed to drive out just in time, but said his neighbors weren't so lucky. this is a scene of complete and utter devastation. the power of the tsunami, it just speaks for itself. the wall of water that rolled through here within seconds collected everything in its path, and from the rescue workers that we have spoken to, the...

This neighborhood 500 meters from the coast caught the full force of the devastating tsunami. every single home was damaged by the ten-meter wall of water, most beyond repair. this man scrambled on top of his house holding on to the roof for dear life. you are very lucky to be alive. there were less than 30 minutes from the quake hitting and the monster wave devouring the coast. this is your house. this man managed to drive out just in time but says his neighbors weren't so lucky. this is a scene of complete and utter devastation. the power of the tsunami, it just speaks for itself. the wall o...

They were rear to recover bodies. this neighborhood 500 meters from the coast caught the full force of the devastating tsunami. every single home was damaged by the 10-meter wall of water, most beyond repair. this man scram boned top of his house, holding onto the roof for dear life. >> very lucky to be alive. >> lucky, very lucky. >> reporter: there was less than 30 minutes between the quake hitting and the monster wave devouring the coast. this is your house? this man managed to drive out just in time but his neighbors weren't lucky. this is a scene of complete and utter devastation, the pow...