Yesterday while folks here in Central New York were happily going about their St. Patrick's Day, people in Los Angeles, California were dealing with the frightening occurrence of an earthquake that measured 4.4 on the Richter scale

The video footage below from TV station KTLA shows how instantly people who live with the threat of earthquakes leap into self-protect mode, even if they're live on TV at the time.

Kudos to these two anchors and how they handled the situation, appearing virtually unruffled during the event and remaining very professional.

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