--- description: Give that face an Emmy title: Watch L.A. News Anchors Freak Out When an Earthquake Strikes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20bdd4e40e911b95/698685c81eebf73f1036fdca/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-01-01-am.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch L.A. News Anchors Freak Out When an Earthquake Strikes by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2014 3:08 PM CUT  Screengrab, KTLA by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2014 3:08 PM CUT We all revel in Los Angeles-based reporters’ apocalyptic on-air reactions whenever it [rains](http://www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel-los-angeles-rain-local-news-weather "undefined") or the [weather drops below 70 degrees](http://www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel-arctic-los-angeles-weather "undefined"), but that’s nothing when compared to what happened when actual natural disasters strike. KTLA reporter Chris Schauble had the absolute best facial reaction to a mild 4.4 earthquake that hit LA Monday morning. In case you need to see it again:  KTLA is already embracing the meme: > [](https://twitter.com/ktla%5Fent%5Fdept/status/445568709835255808) And Schauble, who has won Emmys for his reporting, already made it his Twitter profile picture: > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisKTLA/status/445563636509982720) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/27205/chris-schable-facial-reaction-earthquake-los-angeles-reporter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/27205/chris-schable-facial-reaction-earthquake-los-angeles-reporter/"},"headline":"Watch L.A. News Anchors Freak Out When an Earthquake Strikes","datePublished":"2014-03-17T15:08:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:46.608Z","description":"Give that face an Emmy","url":"https://time.com/27205/chris-schable-facial-reaction-earthquake-los-angeles-reporter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","los angeles","video","Earthquake","Face","Reporter","LA","Funny"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20bdd4e40e911b95/698685c81eebf73f1036fdca/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-01-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20bdd4e40e911b95/698685c81eebf73f1036fdca/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-01-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"KTLA face earthquake","caption":"","creditText":"Screengrab, KTLA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/27205/chris-schable-facial-reaction-earthquake-los-angeles-reporter/","name":"Watch L.A. News Anchors Freak Out When an Earthquake Strikes"}}]}] ```