TV Anchors Freak Out as Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles

News anchors freaked out on live TV as an earthquake rattled Los Angeles. At one California home, a scared cat scrambled up the stairs. One resident even felt the quake while driving. The 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit right outside Malibu, but it could be felt 100 miles away. Now, residents in Southern California are on edge after a swarm of recent earthquakes. Inside Edition's Jim Moret has more.

[@TheTastyMarmot]

I think you're using the term "freak out" a bit too loosely here

[@jhonditch4269]

''freakin'' is what they normally do.

[@igotchillzzz]

Absolutely, right?

[@thesomethingthatisntathing514]

Just the usual clickbait garbage.

[@PaulPavloPablo]

Yeah, that was clickbait. Nobody was freaking out except for the toddler and the cat. lol

[@AP-hj6vm]

Seems like a normal reaction to an earthquake lol

[@dave23024]

In case of an earthquake: 1. Stop 2. Start screaming "EARTHQUAKE!" 3. Make sure you're on camera 4. Post on KZbin

[@FadeintotheShadows]

Absolutely. Cameraman/woman doesn't, no, never dies. Never.

[@pawlice8341]

​@@FadeintotheShadowseven when driving like the woman 😂

[@critterscute3642]

😂

[@lyngruen8607]

PERFECT 😂

[@johnnyoh6105]

Unless you were born there, I have as much sympathy as folks on a floodplain

[@jrod8164]

That girl driving just recorded herself committing a crime lol

[@habbyguys]

Was thinking the same thing

[@britgaddis]

Nobody cares

[@jrod8164]

@@britgaddis I see you do that too then, typical 😆

[@Dragonairkanto148]

@@britgaddisstrictly Ubers I see 😂

[@Graphics_Card]

@@britgaddisI care

[@jordonwoods5910]

They’re acting like we never had an earthquake before🤣

[@karastover6218]

It’s like that in Florida also with hurricanes or flooding.

[@EcoJulie-vx6rx]

It’s ridiculous

[@atinyzenstay]

fr the twitter reaction is so funny to this 😭 one of the tweets were like "omg there's an earthquake here?" and proceeded to show a video of a mannequin in a bed quickly turning its head but then going back to sleep LMAOO

[@stephanieluna3551]

@@atinyzenstayLMFAOOO I SAW THAT💀😭I couldn’t stop laughing for like 5 minutes

[@akumakibutsuji7999]

​@@EcoJulie-vx6rx Boi, they were calm and composed because they know the earthquake drill. Have you heard of stay calm and do not panic?

[@kalosger2517]

I'm chilean and over here a 4.7 would be just enough to stir my cup of coffee 😆

[@hrep14]

Same here in New Zealand.

[@yanderefangirl8317]

Where I live in California, sometimes you barely notice a 4.7 earthquake.

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@yanderefangirl8317 That was the OP's point, LOL.

[@raeraebadfingers]

​@@hrep14I remember the leader lady (sorry I can't recall her name) was on TV and casually said "oh we're having a bit of an earthquake" like it was nothing at all 😂

[@Fear_g-o-d]

I know it was only 4.7 but it felt a lot stronger than that.

[@Trollificusv2]

Bad title. People weren't "freaking out". They've been through this drill before and were mostly calm and even amused. I thought the people in this video were admirably composed. Except for that baby. What a big baby.

[@gavinwesterlind7643]

😂😂

[@razor3535]

Baby fell apart immediately

[@michaellauck6062]

It was tiny the most it would be is amusing, but for california, even their "big one" is relatively small, might max out close to an 8. Where the the PNW, and central US will see 8 or 9+ likely some time in the next 100 years more, than 30x larger than California's big one.

[@tenossos]

Just another clickbait title

[@LegoBot3000]

Yeah that baby needs to grow up 😂

[@veganconservative1109]

I grew up for decades in Southern California. Anything less than a 5.0 was a 'baby' shaker. Saw no 'freaking out' here save for the cat.

[@michaellauck6062]

Less than a 5? You hardly ever get anything larger.

[@F59PHI]

@@michaellauck6062 precisely

[@PaulPavloPablo]

Not just the cat. The toddler (0:45) was definitely freaking out as well.

[@rumham7130]

Everyone waiting for Hollywood to fall into the sea.

[@plawson8577]

They’ve been saying that for 100 years. Got any scientific data to prove it can happen?

[@veganconservative1109]

That would actually be an improvement. Might wash off the years of muck.

[@00pinkman00]

It can't come a day too soon.

[@Kosher_Slider]

Bet the cameraman won’t survive that one.

[@nhmooytis7058]

We should be so lucky😂

[@EricCanterra]

4.7 magnitude is practically nothing. Back in the day, it might have been referred to as a strong tremor....certainly nothing more.

[@reaction9109]

The San Andreas fault line is slipping. Escape California while you still can.

[@gasparvillalba7435]

I agree, I didn't even wake up

[@plawson8577]

OP: A California Tremor. Yup. Also, Water is wet.

[@funktron2021]

​@@reaction9109 don't tell them that I don't want them moving near me

[@clarkmacgowan5114]

​@funktron2021 absolutely no one wants to move near you. And anyone who gets to live in California is so lucky they don't want to move anyway. Where do you live, arkansas? Mississippi one of those super popular places where you can buy a house for $5,000.?

[@BlueMemeZ]

this earthquake woke me up for school lol

[@kazeryu17]

I remember when the 5.8 quake hit Mineral Virginia, and people in California were joking that they eat those for breakfast. You want eggs with that little 4.7?😂

[@bambicrandi]

I didn’t even know we had an earthquake. LA news is about as realistic as reality tv. The average people don’t even feel it.

[@Rayrayjr1970]

Let’s see them laugh about fires and having no power for months cause there mandated to use all electric lol

[@derekpratte7259]

Wake up, America.

[@timg6176]

This is the mainstreams way of telling you its coming and they know it. 😅

[@calvintate7158]

But how does this contribute to Taylor Swifts legacy?

[@ichoppabroccoli3670]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ku4uv]

lol!

[@shakinaantra9310]

😂😂😂

[@MPARNELL]

Pause

[@yvetterodriguez2550]

To amuse you, we can say the stars were aligned for her. She took home 7 awards last night, surpassing Beyonce for most VMA wins. Obviously, the planet said it was too excited for her that it was too much to handle that it had to erupt in cheer and shake it off to make it known to the world that Earth is a major Swiftie. Now, did I amuse you for just a sec? lol.

[@DavidJohnson-gh3si]

Parent’s first instinct is to video frightened child instead of comforting them

[@overcomingobstaclescreates1695]

To be fair, video looks like it's from a baby monitor.

[@sandybruce9092]

@@overcomingobstaclescreates1695Yes! That is definitely from a baby monitor!!! Whoever wrote the initial comment isn’t very bright!

[@V00doo1Xim]

@@sandybruce9092 rude

[@SOttY-im6ve]

Look up People the Sky is falling down!🤣🤣🤣

[@deanhansen5041]

Here in Anchorage there was a couple years no quakes prior to the 2018 7.0. No small quakes means stress building for a bigger one.

[@ripjaw1212-9]

remember that 7.1 earthquake 5 years ago that was insane

[@nyla298]

I was up in Big Bear 🐻 , close to it , thought house was going split in half

[@glenboone7322]

Yall bout to break off the US lol 😆

[@MrJuvefrank]

When?

[@davidkerk5676]

Lizzo just fell down the stairs....nothing to see here.

[@nhmooytis7058]

😂😂😂

[@JohnHarrisIV]

DAMMIT YOU! TROLL LIZZO LIKE THAT 😠

[@Cinnamonrollz3000]

Did anyone check on the employee hanging on in the market? 😢

[@austindarrenor]

😆

[@jairusrichardson2338]

You could say that the earthquake left people shaken...

[@overcomingobstaclescreates1695]

Ba dup tsss 🥁

[@001singularity]

But not stirred

[@Graphics_Card]

And shocked after

[@jmo2104]

Boy that's been happening more here lately

[@reneholmes4247]

Guess living in tornado alley isn't so bad!!! At least we have some warning. If its storming, just be more observant. Gets really bad, me and my basement become snuggle buddies. I even have a queen size bed down there, if there is tornado watch, I crash in basement for the night.

[@tomasom4497]

Na, I live in earthquake country. I would much rather deal with a little ground shake from time to time than live in a place where I can get picked up into the air and slammed into a tree.

[@NewEra-t5w]

I grew up in Los Angeles and I would much rather deal with tornados. Those miss most of the time and and have advance warning.

[@user-wh6le3nt4y]

40 miles from Malibu, standing up preparing food for freezer, didn't even know we had 1, daughter called from 3 miles away & said did you feel that. Nope!

[@dianebaker7714]

I went right back to sleep.

[@Joanla1954]

TBH, I was surprised about the cat. About 20 years ago around 7am, in the State of Georgia (shocker huh?) my cat started freaking out! She was trying to dive into places she couldn't fit and was just frantic all over the house. Then about 5 minutes later an earthquake hit! 4.something. Having lived in California it was like, "Oh no! They found me!".

[@OneYulaw]

Georgia is on a fault. I believe that one you're referencing was from 2003 and was a 4.9. Georgia gets about 10-20 above magnitude 2.0 yearly. The largest one to hit Georgia was in 1991 and that was a 6.9

[@williamweinberg9509]

Did Bobby Lee forget to take Imodium before eating ice cream again?

[@mineduck3050]

So so close. I want that place under the ocean like my teachers swore would happen someday.

[@journeymansmitty8283]

Wow they look like me when a Category 5 hurricane is coming to my home country😂😂😂😂

[@bannd6060]

I felt it and I'm not even over there

[@bluenovaprime2070]

I literally felt it when I was waking up to be ready for the day

[@wasanonymous]

I've been in two large earthquakes. As long as the electricity doesn't go out, everything will be fine.

[@JoyBoyMUFC]

Didn't know the area previously had one about a month ago too

[@machokmacho6597]

People in California freaking out? In other news Water is wet.

[@Beltzland]

They acted like the ground half swallowed them alive and left the other half to freak out.

[@mpowe123]

If only it was higher, we could have had San Andreas 2: Just Another Day. 😂

[@itsmetoot]

I was sitting in our home office and my husband was in the dining room. The earthquake warning chimed on his cell phone BEFORE it hit and he said..."Uh-oh!" I asked him... "What is uh-oh?" He said I think we're having an earthquake...then it came. It was barely a smooth, rolling one! I rock harder in my recliner while watching TV. 😉 We live in Ventura not far from Malibu and we definitely felt it but there was no freaking out going on. I am not poo-pooing folks who get frightened because when Northridge hit in 1994, we were in our 2nd floor apt and it was STRONG, even in Ventura. Because it hit at around 4:30am, I was sound asleep even though the window blinds were slapping against each other. My husband had to wake me up and tell me we were having a quake. Electricity was off everywhere, and it was so black that I literally could not see my hand in front of my face. Thank God for flashlights! 😳

[@adrianrodriguez-iz1wr]

that cat lol

[@velmagreen9232]

They’ve been predicting “The Big One” since I was a kid…I’m 51 now…I left California in 2010 & between the fires & earthquakes…I don’t miss it one bit!!!!

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

California missed you.

[@crazyfox9oh]

Same. I'm 33 and grew up hearing about "The Big One". I left California in 2016

[@MrJuvefrank]

Enjoy your escape from the most populated state.

[@nyla298]

Never a dull moment here

[@marcoeugenio1021]

Always be prepared for a natural disaster.

[@cbbhvjc]

4.7 is not big in magnitude, this is such an over exaggeration. They're just getting views.

[@jeromepadilla8055]

Thanking the earthquake is the most stupid thing i heard.

[@Wan_Chai_the_Taiwano]

felt it in Irvine also, but since it wasn't that big I went back to sleep lol.

[@1916hamptons]

And everyone did exactly what they've learned during earthquake drills lol

[@TheOwlCreek]

0:44 - He's so smol 😔

[@stephanieaskew771]

Tell me when its over 7 then I'll be concerned

[@dfwait14]

At least that gal had her neck mask on when she was driving.

[@TommieTubbs-tn1ws]

I lived in San Bernadino before and 7.1 Earthquake hit while me,my nephews wete watching the world series baseball.the double decker freeway collapsed,it was scared but i survived and came home to Texas.

[@SparklyStoner360]

San Bernardino*

[@nyla298]

I was born here , but say Bernadino too, it's easier 😅

[@SparklyStoner360]

@@nyla298 It’s easier to leave one letter out and spell it incorrectly? Lazy much? 🙄

[@nyla298]

@@SparklyStoner360 I spell it that way , but don't say it that way. I live in Santa Ana , but say Sanna Ana , Cali talk lol

[@SparklyStoner360]

@@nyla298 Everyone from CA says it that way, doesn’t mean you’re supposed to spell it wrong…and if you’re truly from CA, you’d know that calling it “Cali” is what tourists and out of state people call it.

[@nohandle74]

Been talking about the big one for 30 years

[@veganconservative1109]

Oh, way longer than that.

[@nyla298]

Now it's the Mega Quake

[@frankgesswein9334]

There have been 4.7/4.8 earthquakes in Bali and New Zealand all in a week or so.

[@felyxmillicent6538]

Someone was telling me earthquakes aren't real, they're just "crisis shakes"... I found that mildly amusing.

[@Sylveon116]

I was just in bed and felt in like huh ok then went back to sleep when it ended

[@JGLy22086]

I felt it but it was very light in La Mirada.

[@edwardmyers675]

That girl still wears a mask? That’s crazier than any earthquake

[@lindaperry7222]

😂

[@elmorrivera1173]

tbh it is flu season so it’s better to wear a mask rn to protect ur self or from others who might be sick

[@TennManYT]

@@elmorrivera1173 maybe everyone should wear mask on their hands too.

[@senormacaco2834]

Whats so weird about wearing a mask?

[@madlyn792]

Ikr 😅

[@macallarichards3806]

That scardie cat must have caused the earthquake 😂😂😂😂 lol j.d. vance told me

[@MrJuvefrank]

How did he do that?

[@jtm6783]

Thats a freak out? You obviously have never seen one.

[@yamigekusu]

4.7 magnitude? That's a little baby earthquake by southwest CA standards

[@jcb3393]

1:00 - Why does she got a mask? Is that really still a thing in California? Asking for a friend in Florida that hasn't worried about that in 3 years.

[@veganconservative1109]

I didn't worry about it ever... except for the lung disease I might get because the company I worked for insisted on it even when shown evidence it was more worrisome than the virus.

[@andreabradley5837]

Out west it's mostly likely from all of the fires. I've been seeing people wearing them. I'm not because I hate them, but some days it is hard to breathe and I have coughing fits.

[@TheChimpoko1]

the way that that they portray this is so insane. I'm 20 miles from epicenter. It was extremely mild and lasted only a few seconds. Dont believe the hype!

[@Seahawkfan1108]

I find it more startling that she was recording herself while driving inside of the earthquake itself

[@dgdfgfnh968]

This cat was scared 😂😂😂😂 mfw this reporting

[@martinedwards4522]

im here... it was barely noticeable

[@georgegreen-b3i]

if you don't like earthquakes better move out of California

[@meyruprecht7441]

Damn he dodged the question

[@Ilfenomeno-sp2hk]

Earth shakes it’s booty and people go crazy. Calm down. They act like they’ve never been through one before. Newscasters🤦‍♂️

[@analizaperez7332]

Eeeh paano ba naman,habang nagbabalita ka lumindol? Kakaiba na yun talaga at live pa.

[@HanakoFairhall]

Okay, sorry, but I do have the urge to use this song from Animaniacs(as applied to this video): Newscasters: This is the city: Los Angeles, California. On a starlit winter's night, When the moon was shining bright Back in January of 1994, At 4:30 in the morning, And without a single warning, Something strange began to move the floor... 🎶A quake! a quake! The house begins to shake! You're bouncing 'cross the floor And watching all your dishes break. You're sleeping, there's a quake, You're instantly awake You're leaping out of bed and shouting-🎶 Toddler: Oh, for heaven's sake! 😰

[@iworms]

The real news is that a 4.7 somehow became newsworthy in California. I remember more than 20 years ago, I had just moved to California a few months prior. A 5.x hit one evening, it shook pretty strong. The next day I went to school all excited and expecting everyone to be talking about it. No one cared. When I asked around, everyone just shrugged. That was Californians in 2002.

[@jahmalonbethel1307]

If you from L.A. you'll get use to it.

[@IDontKnowWhatToNameThis]

Bruh I live near LA and I was shocked, but not scared

[@CrystallyLavender]

I’ve lived in LA all my life and there’s never been so many earthquakes in a span of just a few months! So scary! Every single time there’s one, I always think: oh, God, this is the BIG ONE, this is it. 😢

[@donte8212]

Don't freak out

[@magn630]

Anything under a 5 is just a shaker - stop with the dramatic titles.

[@daughterofkingjesus7350]

Scaredy-cat 🐈‍⬛ scrambled and ran upstairs. 🤣😂

[@madlyn792]

I slept right through it!

[@MrSquiggles.]

Anyone else just slept through it?

[@choppermike3329]

I did, but I am on the East coast.

[@kuraito1346]

The fault line can break apart anytime.

[@mariahlehman9777]

I thought the earthquake was my cat jumping onto the bed.

[@LxrdCreature]

0:56 "this employee has to hang on" 😂😂 buddy you over exaggerated that one

[@areasevenpro]

I used to live in L.A., and anything below 5.0 never woke me up. Those newscasters clearly never grew up in California.

[@masonlowman3528]

Caseoh must've went to get food😂

[@cerebralsamurai8382]

People wouldn't be taking it lightly if it was a San Francisco 1906 level Earthquake

[@CMHMom23]

Did anyone else’s phone announce an earthquake was about to start. That scared me more than the quake.

[@Bardmusic66]

I know nothing of earthquakes but I’d say you should probably pull over & stop driving 🛑

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

Is the road gonna swallow her car like Lois Lane?

[@shrekfan92]

"We have a new anchorman joining us today. So, what's your name?" "I am Groot!"

[@justotorres742]

I survived a 8,1 intensity in GUAM USA in the 90's , that intensity is nothing in CALI .

[@genxer74]

4.7 is big enough to get your attention but it's not that big of a deal. The thing about experiencing it in the moment is that you don't know just how big it's going to get. That's the scary thing about these. We know the 'big one' is coming at some point. So when something is big enough to firmly feel it, it makes you wonder.

[@RantRantJoe]

Earthquake insurance premium going up?

[@britgaddis]

He said hood on man its an EARTHQUAKE!! Dude like the show must go on

[@NewEra-t5w]

30 years since a major earthquake of 6.0 or greater in Los Angeles area. Long overdue.

[@StopCensoring-fq5fl]

I didn't see the anchors freaking out. I would call it being startled!

[@Reach41]

It was just terrifying. Woke up my dog, too. We looked at each other, then went back to sleep. (Doesn’t take much to make the national news, especially when there’s an opportunity to mention “the BIG one”.)

[@R-Christensen]

California hasn't seen bad......yet.

[@choppermike3329]

Well depends what you call bad. They had a 7.9 in 1906. That was a little more than mild.

[@MrJuvefrank]

@@choppermike3329 That must have been the San Francisco earthquake.

[@choppermike3329]

@@MrJuvefrank Yep.

[@mattbosley3531]

A 4.7? That's nothing for long-time Southern California residents.

[@BarryL2697]

Just a typical day in sunny southern CAL.

[@lindaosika7648]

California be careful during the month of October.

[@TheSeig]

Nice driving while videoing.. that’s really smart..

[@TypicalDoc09]

The cat ran up stairs😂😂

[@ezwriter101]

With all the lights rigged up above them on the tv studio, it would have been smart to duck and cover under the desk.

[@GageTucker-of2wd]

Even though I’m American I don’t understand why everyone has to act as if it’s a 7. Magnitude Earthquake

[@SongMom8]

This is California. A quake that size will wake you up at night, but won’t do much damage.

[@choppermike3329]

Wouldn't wake me.

[@Zvyezdavodna]

i literally slept through it, thats how insignificant it was

[@choppermike3329]

@@Zvyezdavodna Nothing to see here!