The powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake which rocked California, could not stop a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres last night.
As Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles shook some worried crowd members headed for the exits, but the two teams played on.
Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernandez and Padres pitcher Eric Lauer did not appear to be affected by the quake, despite commentators wondering how they were continuing to play and cameras clearly showing the shaking.
A large part of the Golden State rocked during the fourth inning, the game continued and the Padres went on to win 3 -2.
The earthquake registered an initial magnitude of 6.9 to 7.1, according to the US Geological Survey.
Few injuries were reported but there fires broke out and buildings were damage from the shock, which struck near the town of Ridgecrest, south of Death Valley National Park.
"We’ve got fires, we've got gas leaks, we've got injuries, we've got people without power," Ridgecrest Mayor Peggy Breeden told the Reuters press agency. "We’re dealing with it as best we can."
Jed McLaughlin, Ridgecrest’s police chief, said only minor injuries had been reported, although it was unclear whether that number was likely to grow.
At the time of publication, no deaths had been reported.
The earthquake forced the National Baseball Association to cancel a game in Las Vegas while engineers checked whether the shock had compromised the integrity of an arena at the University of Nevada.
Dr Lucy Jones, a seismologist for the California Institute of Technology, said there was about a 1 in 10 chance of another major 7 magnitude earthquake in the same area soon.
The quake occurred a day after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit in the Mojave Desert about 150 miles from Los Angeles.
Agencies contributed to this report
