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Ground. rather than naming each piece separately it's called the little lake fault system. these are -- >> the length of the fault itself has been defined by the 7.1 earthquake. >> no. we don't know. if you look at the map we can see. one of the things we can do if we got a break and found stuff. we could pull out -- we'll try to get out the state geology map. but notice there's a little string of -- >> and it was not a through going fault. it was pieces through here. and we have pieces further up. we can't say all the faults. most likely if we were to see more going on. i would be much. think...

Before. this is a -- >> let me ask you this. so does that mean we're looking at a surface rupture of about 25 miles in length? >> well, this is just one point. and it's down towards the south. i would speculate that we will find surface rupture along to the northwest as well. >> am i incorrect in thinking there would be more of the surface rupture closer to the point of origin? >> it can be highly variable. and in fact in a number of cases where the epicenter located actually has a smaller amount of slip. >> if there is -- there is huge variability. at the ends of the fault you often see less ...

Ground. the earthquake yesterday did cause surface rupture. i would highly expect the quake tonight is also going to break up to the ground surface. so we will be getting information from them. hopefully later this evening. and relay that information to you. as we can. >> ongoing? typically how long. >> usually after shocks lasting for years. >> yeah. the expectation is we'll have after shocks tonight and will continue on. we will continue we'll come back in 30 minutes. as we get information and analyze the data. thank you, very much. >> how much bigger -- >> good evening, everyone. >> all rig...

>> one thing you can notice and this is actually not just a single break, there is a distribution across numerous fault historians. that's where you are also seeing - >> this is a 3.6. >> does that mean we are lookin at the surface rupture classics. >> well, this is just one point and its down towards the fault. i would speculate that we will find surface rupture along into the north and west as well. >> mi correct in thinking there would be more of a surface rupture closer to where the point of origin is? >> it can be highly variable. in fact, in a number of cases, where the epicenter is loca...

It becomes at decision a committee decision balancing al of these different things, what is the best way to go? >> e said there's two possible faults, is that correct? >> they're are two faults activ right now, we don't know for sure what they are, but you ca see it from the distribution of the aftershocks notice it is an l-shaped. fault don't turn corners that means we have two separate faults the fact that it forms that l. >> when you said was a little part. >> we hypothesized a relationship which would be the northwest trending one, but tha is something that we don't have a number. >> until...