Earthquake preparedness event in downtown LA

A 7.3 earthquake struck off Mexico's coast this morning. This is the death toll from Venezuela's twin quakes has risen to more than 5,000 people. The latest in a string of earthquakes in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Meanwhile, summer campers here in Los Angeles had their own quake today, a simulated one. Fox 11's Susan Harasuna has that story. Alarms ring out as people in a Mexico City office stream out into the street after a 7.3 magnitude quake. It's 8 48 a.m. local time. Hours later, summer campers experienced their own quake in downtown L.A. The Hope Street Margolis Family Center coincidentally planned an earthquake preparedness day. Four by four, they sat in the quake cottage and watched a video of quakes power. The quake in Mexico hit offshore, which means so far less recorded damage than the one two and a half weeks ago in Venezuela. None of these campers is old enough to have experienced a major quake in the Los Angeles area. The last one in Northridge hit more than 32 years ago. The kids mostly giggled through their simulated quake experience, but the shakes did make a point. I've only experienced like small ones, so I think it's like it's just made me aware of like the size difference. It shows you how much your body can gravitate and how much you have no control in these stressful situations and how it could like change how you act and how you feel. During the Fox 11 stream, I had my own quake cottage experience trying to report during the simulated quake. The things are falling off of shelves that cars are being bandied about and they're watching as buildings actually fall down. So that's what we're experiencing or I am right now and there's some good ones, some good shakes in the quake cottage. Once you finish up the experience here, Nathaniel, what do you always tell the kids? I just say remember to be calm during an earthquake, drop, cover and hold. And if you're in bed, just pull up, put a pillow over your head. You just want to keep your head and your neck safe and stay calm. We know how to deal In downtown Los Angeles, Susan Hirasuna, Fox 11 News.