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the usgs is monitoring the aftershocks. some of them are 5.7 in magnitude. the pacific tsunami center warns that waves 3 feet high were measured off the coast but no threat to california or oregon. this quick struck as mexican emergencies were preparing for hurricane katia to make landfall. that storm is expected to be a category 2 storm which should make land fall saturday, the same way we are expecting irma to impact miami. clearly, mexican authorities will have their hands full trying to handle a hurricane 2 on this side the country and an earthquake on the other side. we have trying to see what the developments are in guatemala. you can so that epicenter was right off the coast, very close to the junction between guatemala and mexico. surely, there is some damage in guatemala as well. we are waiting for reports to start coming in from those countries to get a chance of how big the earthquake impacted them as well. >> you and i were talking as well. we will so many people here in the bay area from -- we have some people here in the bay area from guatemala

a magnitude 8 earthquake which i should tell you, usgs just upgraded it from magnitude 8. it's now 8.1 according to the usgs recorded off the southern coast near the guatemalan border. the tremor was felt some 600 miles or 1,000 kilometers to the northwest. the threat of tsunami is being evacuated as i bring you these details. but it has the potential of causing a tsunami. let's get some perspective on how this played out and what people experienced. a producer joins me now from mexico city. thank you for being with us. i understand you were driving when this quake hit. tell us about what you experienced. >> it was very scary. hello. i was driving home, coming home and i was listening to the radio. i started to hear the alarm that sounds through the city through speakers. i knew it was coming because yesterday we had a false alarm. but i knew it was it. i parked my car and stand in the middle of the street with a bunch of people. it was very scary. they did not want to go back in their homes. and it's close to the guatemalan border and authorities are recommending to stay

the usgs is measuring this as an 8.1 quake. at least 15 people have died. video and pictures keep coming in to our newsroom and we're posting updates on nbcbayarea.com. we'll show you other new images ahead at 6:30. >> back here at home. a woman is in the hospital this morning after she was pulled unconscious from this burning home. during contra costa boulevard. the couples heard loud bangs about 2:00 this morning. we'll have word on her latest condition. a follow-up on the south bay brush fire that burned 100 acres. when the sparks spread to dry brush near the eagle ridge golf course. no homes or buildings were damaged. it did take crews days to fully con the fire. >>> 6:08. the homeland security department is calling off a nationwide raid. it was set to happen later this month. the damage caused by hurricane harvey. >> the organizers want to visit say they're still feeling discrimination. >> this will be beneficial for our membership, go to these places to see how our community lives where they don't have supportive governments. >>> it's 6:09 now on this

. >> reporter: usgs plans to test this in places like schools and hospitals. san jose, abc7 news. >>> what do you do to help the victims? we've made it easy for you to donate. our website, abc7news.com or download the abc7 news app, links to many charities to c contribute to. >>> what a battering. parts of puerto rico could be without power for months following hurricane maria's wrath. the eye of the storm hit this morning hard. it's first category 4 hurricane to strike the island in 85 years. national weather service reports flash flooding is happening tonight. puerto rico's office of emergency management says the island is already quote, destroyed. curfew in place. no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking maria right now. >> churning its way to the dominican republic. satellite and radar, regained major hurricane strength. category 3 with 115-mile-an-hour winds. waves approaching dominican republic, 24 to 34 feet. category 3 and going to brush the dominican republic by tomorrow evening heading to turks and c

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why the usgs says beware! women for gender demonstration. >> good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. with less than 24 hours in the legislative session, lawmakers have been weighing bills that center on sexual assault guidelines and protections for undocumented immigrants. kpix 5's jackie ward joins us live in studio to break down some of the issues up for debate. >> reporter: it will be a busy day in sacramento today. california is trying to be pro- active and act before the federal government changes the sexual assault response guidelines for schools. state lawmakers approved adding rules to the california law because last week secretary of education betsy devos announced she would alter the guidance put in place under the obama administration saying it is unfair to those accused of sexual assault. issued in 2011, schools were required to find the accused student responsible in sexual assault investigations if more than half of the evidence pointed to their guilt. and a bill that lawmakers will

. >> reporter: usgs plans to test this in places like schools and hospitals. san jose, abc7 news. >>> what do you do to help the victims? we've made it easy for you to donate. our website, abc7news.com or download the abc7 news app, links to many charities to c contributeo. >>> what a battering. parts of puerto rico could be without power for months following hurricane maria's wrath. the eye of the storm hit this morning hard. it's first category 4 hurricane to strike the island in 85 years. national weather service reports flash flooding is happening tonight. puerto rico's office of emergency management says the island is already quote, destroyed. curfew in place. no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking maria right now. >> churning its way to the dominican republic. satellite and radar, regained major hurricane strength. category 3 with 115-mile-an-hour winds. waves approaching dominican republic, 24 to 34 feet. category 3 and going to brush the dominican republic by tomorrow evening heading to turks and cai

so three earthquakes confirmed by the usgs today in san jose. >> no reports of any injures or damage.eal be right back. commentator ben shapiro at uc berkeley you can check our >>> happening now we are following protests over conservative commentator ben shapiro at uc berkeley. check the twitter feed and facebook for live feed. the a accident at foert bragg in north carolina wounded killed one solar and wounded several others. they are investigating what went on. we'll being right back. b >>> it's an expensive cup of joe. a big deal for a small coffee company started right here in the bay area. it's making some of the loyal customers a little uneasy ton. oakland based blue bottle coffee which has about a dozen coffee sthops in california. sold the majority of the company to food giantnersle for a reported $500 million. . blue bottle says it will remain a stand alone company but some of the fans told us they're not sure they like the deal. >> wow. why? that's terrible. what a sellout move. i'm so sorry. why are they doing that. >> like what most other companies are doing here. a lot of

the usgs is measuring this as an 8.1 quake. overnight officials say at least six people have died including multiple children. there have been several aftershocks. this is 600 miles southwest of mexico city but the buildings in the capital, you've been getting images overnight including one showing a crack in the streets of mexico. mexico president says this is the strongest earthquake to hit the country and at least 100 years. >> it will be interesting to see the devastation there. we know here in the bay area we, too, have to prepare for the earthquake. i want to check in with meteorologist kari hall right now talking about the all-important emergency kit. >> we know now is the time to prepare just in case something like that happens in the bay area. now if you make your earthquake kit you should have at least a gallon per person for at least two days three days, but ideal to have it for at least three weeks. and you also need nonperishable foods and a can opener. some other things to include in your earthquake kit, a whistle

gavin hayes with the usgs, thank you so much. again, we're watching mexico.e also have our breaking news on the president of iran speaking out today, speaking here in new york on u.s. soil saying president trump owes him an apology. what president rouhani is threatening to do if the u.s. pulls out of the nuclear deal. that's next. what powers the digital world. communication. that's why a cutting edge university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimble. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. wemost familiar companies,'s but we make more than our name suggests. we're an organic tea company. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we've got drinks for long days. for birthdays. for turning over new leaves. and we make them for every moment in every corner of the country. we are the coca-cola company, and we'r

north korea could have launched their sixth nuclear test according to the usgs. the last one was 5.3. significantly larger if this was indeed a nuclear test. your reaction? this is not only a nuclear test. if we can believe the leader of north korea, this was a thermonuclear, a hydrogen bomb. that's even more dangerous. we are come into an extraordinarily dangerous period. i disagree with your last speaker. they're not doing this to give respect to have people talk to them. we have had four administrations try to talk to them. they are trying to conquer all of korea, unite the country, and push the united states out of the western pacific. that is their goal. they are pushing a dangerous strategy. very soon they will have the capability to rain nuclear missiles down on the united states. >> just to be clear, you believe that north korea's end game here is one of military dominance. does north korea honestly believe it could win any mind of military conflict on the bens la? -- peninsula. >> yes, i believe knot korea believes it can conquer the peninsula. it slaugh

two to five seconds for usgs, about a second for you guys. >> yeah. and that's how we outrun an earthquake. >> reporter: full, live coverage of the mexican earthquake at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma first look." abc news, los angeles. >>> it's 5:17 now. a new study finds that travelers are apparently the happiest they've been in years when flying through u.s. airports and they really like sacramento. according to jd powers 2017 north america airport satisfaction survey sacramento international ranks highest among all airports in the country. in the mega airport category ranks ninth. for large airports john wayne airport is number one. oakland comes 15th. the medium airports category finds sacramento to be number one. burbank, number 13. and san jose 15th. >> happening today bay area first responders set to help hurricane victims on their way home. the last members are driving equipment back to oakland expected to arrive around noon. task force traveled more than 8,000 miles helping victims of harvey in texas and then irma in florida. the team is made of f

. >> the usgs says the 7.1 quake was centered in pueblo about 76 miles southeast of mexico city. alyana gomez has the latest. >> reporter: frank and julie, the video and images emerging tonight are incredible depicting thousands of people flooding streets right after the buildings collapsed to use their bare hands as you mentioned and to do anything they can to dig through the rubble to rescue those that happened. and tonight we're showing you how it all unfolded when the quake hit to the scenes in the streets. [ screaming ] >> reporter: dramatic video of an entire building imploding after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake jolted mexico city and its surrounding areas. [ sirens ] >> reporter: at large forced thousands to flee nearby buildings only to watch streetlights sway overhead. meanwhile, others huddled inside clenching each other for comfort fearing the floor could crumble below them. this video posted on twitter shows the side of another building collapsing to the ground. as onlookers screamed and cried in horror. streets were littered with rubble and debris. thousands of communi

it's from usgs. it shows aftershocks in that region. there have been at least 35. most range from a 4.2 to a 4.7. now this quake struck last night causing buildings to sway and knock out power in parts of mexico city more than 600 miles away from the epicenter. among the people killed, two people including a barracks and the danger is not over yet. the national weather service says the region is now under a tsunami warning. so far no threats for the u.s. >> developing news in marin county where authorities are searching for a plane that's believed to have crashed near bolinas. search and rescue crews are hiking towards the crash site in marin county. the cessna 172 was flying from santa inez to santa rosa's schultz international airport yesterday afternoon. it last known position was over marin county where pinging from an emergency beacon was heard. the pilot was the only person on board. >>> in the east bay a devastating fire at a home in pleasant hill overnight. firefighters made a dramatic rescue of a woman who was trapped inside banque banging on walls begging

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more than 7,000 people feeling it on the usgs website.inder to get prepared. we have a full list of resources to get ready. you can find it on the front page of abc7news.com. >>> developing news, sonoma police searching for this bank robber. this happened around 10:00 at the umpqua bank on west napa street. sners say the robber handed the teller note demanding money. he is described as a white man wearing a dark hoodie, gray pants and dark sunglasses and appears to be wearin a black and gray wig. witnesses saw the man take off some of these clothes while leaving the area. >>> in the north bay a crash caused downed power lines and sparked a grass fire that forced the chp to close highway 116. that fire started yesterday afternoon near stage gul much road near petaluma. according to the press democrat a car crashed near the fence and utility poly. the press democrat reports the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. all lanes of highway 116 have reopened, no one was hurt and the fire burned about five acres. >> in the south bay a serious

we've heard from the si, but wh usgs say? >> regarding the earthquakes, the wave forms from this event are different than previous events at the site. when talking about waves, we pressure different wavelengths, things like that, that can really ultimately tell us this was a natural earthquake. as opposed to manmade. what they are trying to say is this particular earthquake, the 3.5 with a depth of 5 kilometers, was different than a lot of the wavelengths we were seeing in the previous ones. take for example the one earlier this month that was a 6.3 that north korea had told was a manmade. what they are saying is they are noticing discrepancies in the wave forms, but they also make the statement we cannot conclusively confirm at this point the nature of the event. they are not quite there yet to actually announce and confirm, rather, what they think this was. however, this is much weaker than many of the recent ones we've seen. not just the one earlier this month, victor and christi, but years. 5.1 in 2014, 4.3 in 2006. for a

. >> reporter: an interesting note the usgs says it's difficult to say whether it's afore shot of thebig one.í][ >> one of those earthquakes the 3.3 happened during the our 6:00 p.m. newscast. you can sign up for our breaking news alert sidown load our free app. a day care worker under arrest after officers say he touched a child inappropriately. the suspect had allegedly touched a 9-year-old child multiple times throughout the summer. the police are working with the program to determine if there are any other potential victims. >>> to an investigative unit exclusive. details about the shooting involving a stolen gun taken from an off-duty police officer's car. we've uncovered one of the three men charged in the murder was wearing an electronic monitor by immigration officials. we're joined live in san francisco with the story. >> reporter: the police chief was speaking at a community event this evening and when i asked him about the case, the first thing he did was offer n condolences to the family of the young man who was killed. he was shot and killed with a ÷ stolen from an off-

the usgs is measuring this as an 8.1 quake. officials say at least six people have died including multiple children. several aftershocks as well. the epicenter is 600 miles southwest of mexico city. buildings in the capital swaying as well. we have been getting images in to our newsroom overnight including one showing a crack in the streets of mexico city. mexico's president says this is the strongest earthquake to hit the country in a century. and within the past couple of and now the latest on that monster hurricane irma and within the last couple of hours forecasters lowered the storm to a category 4. irma still will have devastation on the u.s. mainland as florida is expected to take the direct hit. laura? >> that's right. we are bracing for it and what is going on there. nbc news has confirmed so far 12 deaths from the storm. six are in the u.s. territories of puerto rico and the virgin islands. overnight irma battered turks and caicos. as for florida, the storm is set to impact the region tomorrow. people are rushing for

the usgs reporting it was centered off the coast of southern mexico. the magnitude was nearest the mexican state -- it was felt hundreds of miles away the capital of mexico city. mexico civil protection agency said it is the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. a quake similar in magnitude killed thousands. >> we see pulse from social media of frightened people gathering in the streets of mexico city. hundreds of miles away from the epicenter. the earthquake has created a potential tsunami threat to several central american countries. including the pacific coastline of what a mullah honduras mexico el salvador and costa rica. the threat braced to nominate was being evaluated for hawaii mom and other pacific islands. there are reports of power outages in mexico city. >>> to put it into perspective. the -- earthquake which devastated the bay area in 1989 was a six-point nine. that was considered a strong quake. once you get above 8 on the richter scale it is considered great. that kind of earthquake reduces major damage and destruction to

in california usgs scientists say hundreds more shake sensors are needed. sewer system to connect to radios tvs phones computers as well as sirens. >> it seems that the money always comes out of the coffers after a disaster. that is true in earthquakes as well. >> an earthquake warning system will cost $38 million less $15 million a year to operate. >>> a shifting forecast track the has the center of the storm moving west over miami over the florida keys and possibly of the gulf coast of florida. team coverage tonight. joe waldman in miami. first two bill martin and where it is right now.>>> it went down to a 4 earlier. it is back up to a 5. it is on the north side of cuba. if you notice the i. the i is bumping up against -- the shoreline. that can weaken the storm which would be great. the downside is it will spend the time out here in the open water before it moves into florida. that is on saturday. it will have a chance to regroup itself. that is where we are right now. cuba is taking the brunt of it. hurricane warnings and watches rl. the whole bottom h

the measurements of it by the usgs in the states put the blast at a scale reading of about 6.3,s which is massive. then there was a second explosion of some sort at about a 4, which appeared to be in the same location. the bottom line is this was a massive event, many times larger than the last confirmed atomic test by the north koreans about a year or so ago. so they have clearly moved their program forward. we know that they have been advancing their missile technology very rapidly during the last couple years and even during the last few months. we know they fired a long range missile over japan for the first time about a week or so ago. one of the steps in what has been an escalating cascading back and forth between united states, north korea, south korea, verbally and militaritily, in terms of missiles and now tests and, of course, the united states had ongoing military exercises with the south koreans and japanese. and ended that a few days ago with a massive fly over the korean peninsula with the strongest planes they have in the arsenal along with some fighter flaens from south

the usgs is the 7.1 magnitude quake was centered in the state of puebla, southeast of mexico city. earlier this morning mexico civil defense agency lower the death toll from the quake to 217. they say there is a strong possibility more victims will be found. it's a good 25 fountain a school where one wing of a three story concrete building collapsed. 21 others victims are children. rescue crews continued their frantic search for survivors who may be trapped. volunteers are using bare hands to remove debris in hopes of finding people that are trapped and still alive. searched him say they hear noises from inside but they can't tell if the cells are from victims trying to escape or south of the building shifting. >>> many in the bay area trying to reach family members and friends in mexico. we were at the mexican consulate in san jose and spoke with several states difficult to be so far away. eduardo lopez grew up in mexico city. he has reached his family through facebook messenger and they are okay but he fears his friends may be trapped in the rubble. >> maybe i have friends that a

. >>> breaking news in the south the san j usgs says the quake was magnitude 3.3. this map shows you the location where it struck in the foothills. it's the star there. i'm going to zoom in so you can see exactly where it i even e . people on social media say they felt the shaking after 10:30 this morning. no immediate reports of injuries or damage. several abc news viewers are tweeting us to tell us where they saw or felt shaking. here's one from brian saying, oh, yes, in milpitas near great mall, it rattled windows and shook my desk. thank brian. catherine says, just felt an earthquake in san jose, good thing i'm in a ten-story apartment building, sometimes you feel a little swaying when you're in those tall apartment buildings but 3.3 relatively small. >>> more breakingew n ft. bragg in soldiers were injured this morning in a training mishap. officials say by an explosion. and the soldiers are all members of the u.s. army special operations command. officials say they're looking into exactly what happened. information on the soldiers' coitnd n released. >>> deve

there was a report by the usgs that looked at seismic risk. it pointed to place like indian point and pilgrim and said these are most vulnerable plants. two plants that received a pass , regarded by the nrc, they were not required to go through post retrofits. that had other scientists concerned. host: you talk about the risk for earthquakes in your book, quick land. you wrote it these for the new york post. that new york city is overdue. tell us about that. guest: this is an imprecise science. we are able to look at the return rates over several hundred years and looking back , that city has had a moderate quake every several -- every hundred years. the last one was in the 1800s. this is an issue for a variety of reasons. the rubble a moderate quake would create would be damaging to new york city. i spoke to scientists at columbia university who have concerns about indian point. it is on a recently discovered fault. capableple think it is of an earthquake as high as 7.0. we should say that most of these power plants are overbuilt. the 2011is

there are the reports from the usgs of two seismic events. the first one being larger, the second one being what was possibly a result of the first. some sort of structural collapse of some structure, perhaps. but again, something massive apparently happened there in north korea this morning. and it's left to the experts to try and determine exactly what it was. we expect the north koreans to come out as they do on television and make a statement. they have done this for the past couple of weeks. remember the backdrop to this recent event is these military operations that have been going on, these exercises that have been going on by the united states and japan and south korea during the past couple of weeks. military exercises that the north are always very irritated and very angry about because they see it as a simulation, they see it as preparations for an attack. they see it as preparations for the elimination of their reg je regime. they always push back hard when these sort of things happen. that's the backdrop to these tests that are h