17 News @ Sunrise 08/07/2024

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17 News @ Sunrise 08/07/2024

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Some of today's top stories - It shook homes, broke windows, woke people up from their sleep, and it even shut down Interstate-5. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled Kern County...

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Some of today's top stories

It shook homes, broke windows, woke people up from their sleep, and it even shut down Interstate-5.
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled Kern County just after 9 o'clock last night, striking near Mettler, just south of Bakersfield. Bakersfield Police and Kern County Fire tell us there have been no reports of any structural damage or injuries... but it left plenty of people shaken up. surveillance video capturing the moment the earthquake hit. liquor bottles falling off the lower shelves as an employee and customers bolt out of the store.
This all happening at Verdugo Market on Mettler Frontage Road -- about 10 miles from the epicenter of the quake. The earthquake also caused a major headache for drivers on Interstate-5.... in the shape of a large boulder.
It closed lanes for nearly two hours as Cal Trans workers used heavy equipment to clear the debris.
The road is back open this morning. And then there was this -- emergency crews last night responding to a hazmat investigation on Old River Road near Highway 166.
Employees at the Cuties Plant there reported smelling amonia shortly after the quake struck.
The plant was evacuated out of an abundance of caution as crews swept the plant.
Officials with Kern County Fire later confirmed there was no leak, and allowed the employees to return. last night's 5.2 earthquake seen in real-time on a seismograph.
It was captured by aerospace specialist Jared Head at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
Seismographs are installed in the ground throughout the world and operate as part of a network to capture ground motion.
There were several food and gas station workers who were still awake and working close to the epicenter when the quake hit.
As 17's Connor Dore reports, the initial feeling was that of shock, fear, and confusion.
Here's seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones talking about where last night's quake hit.
One way to prepare for future earthquakes is by downloading the My Shake alert app.
It's free to download on your smart phone and can give you a few seconds heads up before the shaking begins.
Experts say even a few moments to prepare could be the difference between life and death.
Here are some tips to help keep you safe in the event of another earthquake or aftershock.
If you're indoors, stand in a doorway or get under a sturdy table or desk and cover your head.
Stay away from windows and any heavy furniture that is not fastened to a wall.
If you're driving, get to an open area, away from trees and power lines, and *stay inside your vehicle.
These temblors come just days after the 5-year anniversary of the Ridgecrest earthquakes.
In 2019, Ridgecrest and the town of Trona were rocked by several intense earthquakes, including a magnitude 6.4 on the Fourth of July... and then the mainshock -- a 7.1 magnitude -- on the Fifth.
The shaking caused significant damage to several buildings in the region.
It was felt as far away as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Sacramento.
They were also the strongest quakes to strike California in the past 20 years.
Remarkably, no one died in Ridgecrest, but one death was reported in Nevada.
Last night's earthquake also comes just weeks after the 72nd anniversary of another major earthquake that shook Kern County.
The Summer of 1952 was defined by a series of seismic shocks that terrified the Golden Empire.
The main shock of those temblors -- a 7.3 -- striking just before five o'clock the morning of July 21st...with aftershocks shaking the county for 33 days.
14 people died in those quakes...including two in Bakersfield on August 22nd.
Geologists telling us that massive series of devastating earthquakes happened not far from the epicenter of the one that struck last night.