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Little more. five years or so. this doesn't have anything to do with the san andreas fault. that's a huge tectonic plate. these are tiny faults along the region. tiny faults with big impact that ripple out into the usa. by the way, they checked the infrastructure, they say it's fine. they say the airport is continuing to operate. and bakersfield has had damage. we've had reports of shaking take place in mexico. so, here in the desert, this is very isolated, but the impacts have been huge, natalie, so, we could do well, this is out in the desert. well, this is what happened. finally, the ground...

Hurricane maria in the caribbean, but it is enough to make the situation miserable. mexico is an area that is prone to earthquakes, mostly because of where it is in the world. it sits on the pacific ring of fire. this is this horse shoe shaped band of volcanos and fault lines around the pacific ocean. it's about 40,000 kilometers long. this is where 90% of the world's earthquakes happen. bill sill is a seismologist expert. he joins us now live from seattle. so bill, good to see you and good to get your explanation about what's happening here in mexico city. it's not just the ring of fire that ...