So it's - this city's been less vulnerable to earthquake damage than what you might find in an older city. The housing stock here dates from World War II and after, so it's got pretty good building standards. So far, though, none of that has been needed. They can cut through steel with an oxygen torch or through concrete with heavy saws. I went inside the trailer that the Los Angeles Fire Department brought out, and they have tools for freeing people from cars, from buildings. There are specialized units, like the urban search and rescue team. MCNARY: Well, in a situation like a 7.1 earthquake, we'll see assistance coming from all over the state, maybe even beyond. So what there about emergency services? What's been set up so far? Having been in earthquakes, you do want it to stop after about a bunch of post-earthquakes, little tremors. I asked her what she needed, and here's what she said. It also restored her Internet, which was actually the only good news she's had. But last night, the 7.1, their power went off briefly, and then it came back quickly. They'd lost power for a couple of hours after the July Fourth earthquake. She and her daughter slept outside in their front lawn in a tent overnight. MCNARY: I spoke to one woman named Shawny French (ph). MCNARY: Well, it's almost like a two-one punch because the bigger one followed what they thought was the big one. But how is this stronger quake affecting the people you've been talking to? This is a one-two punch for them. MONTAGNE: Well, you know, people in Ridgecrest and all the surrounding area must be on edge because of that 6.4 magnitude earthquake on the Fourth of July. And the earthquake actually knocked a toilet off its bolts. You could smell the wine just wafting out the front door. But inside a convenience store at a gas station, the typical thing you see - bottles everywhere. I was sitting in my car during a sizable one.Īnd when I first rolled into Ridgecrest, I stopped at a gas station, and the pumps were almost all occupied with people filling up their gas tanks, possibly for a long drive to another place to stay or just to keep their vehicles filled up while they run around doing post-emergency chores, which, you know, there's going to be a lot of them. And it was a good thing because there's still a lot of aftershocks. But at the fire station, of course, all the fire engines and vehicles have been pulled out of the fire station.

You don't see a lot of external damage to houses just from what I've seen driving around. I've been seeing lots and lots of chairs in front of houses, even some tents with mattresses inside them that people drug out of the house to give us a sense of greater safety. MCNARY: You know, I've been driving through town. MONTAGNE: And you just arrived a few hours ago. Sharon McNary of member station KPCC is in Ridgecrest and joins us now. There are reports of power outages, fires and some injuries in the area about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The community of Ridgecrest, Calif., is getting a clearer view of the damage caused by last night's 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

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