A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest today, rattling windows from Vancouver to Salt Lake City. India's ambassador to the U.S. discusses his country's massive quake . An earthquake in El Salvador kills hundreds. The US Ambassador to Turkey discusses the relief effort.
Background reports on the earthquake in Turkey .
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Damage assessment is ongoing. For what we know about the quake so far, we are joined by Randall Updike, chief scientist for the geologic hazards team at the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado. Well, this is a pretty important earthquake. Magnitude 6.8 in that part of the United States only occurs maybe every 25 years or so.