ESPN’s Malika Andrews dealt with issues like a professional as a 4.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the community’s Los Angeles studios Monday.
Video of the moment made the rounds on social media not lengthy after the 12:20 p.m. shakes, with Andrews staying on script as tremors interrupted her video chat with WNBA alum and basketball analyst Rebecca Lobo.
Andrews and Lobo have been in the course of speaking concerning the U.S. ladies’s basketball staff’s nail-biting win on the Paris Olympics as ESPN’s downtown LA set started to shudder, inflicting cameras to sway.
“We have now a little bit of an earthquake right here in Los Angeles,” the sports activities anchor mentioned calmly, placing her hand up and searching above to verify the quake hadn’t unmoored any tools from the ceiling.
“So we’re simply going to be sure that our studio lights [and] the whole lot stays secure,” a cool and picked up Andrews continued. “All the things’s shaking.”
Because the digicam stored rolling, she did a fast check-in with the crew, asking, “Everyone good?”
Then, pivoting again to the viewers with poise, Andrews instructed viewers: “All proper, thanks a lot for bearing with us by way of that. Our studio was shaking just a bit bit.”
Andrews later reacted to the unscripted second on X, previously Twitter, telling her followers that it was “a scary second.”
“Thanks to our unimaginable employees and crew who stayed cool all through!” she added. “Keep secure, fellow Angelenos.”
Whereas the earthquake took LA abruptly, there have been no reviews of serious harm or accidents from the trembler.
Nonetheless, the California quake was felt as far south as San Diego, in addition to to the east within the Palm Springs desert area, The Related Press mentioned, citing U.S. Geological Survey neighborhood reporting.