ESPN anchor Malika Andrews keeps her cool on air during L.A. earthquake: 'Definitely a scary moment'

While hosting ESPN's 'NBA Today,' anchor Malika Andrews kept control while a 4.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the studio.

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through the Los Angeles area today, and no one handled it better than ESPN's Malika Andrews.

At 12:20 p.m., the earthquake broke out for a duration of about six seconds. The epicenter was located in the Highland Park area. Footage is already emerging of dogs panicking inside residential homes and citizens taking shelter on busy streets, but Andrews is attracting attention for how cool, calm, and collected she was during the quake.

While interviewing basketball analyst Rebecca Lobo during an NBA Today segment, Andrews didn't even break her sentence as she transitioned from interview to literal damage control.

"And it was so much seeing the crowd getting behind," she responded to Lobo when the quake struck, and picked right back up: "as we have a bit of an earthquake here in Los Angeles."

"So we're just going to make sure that our studio lights, everything stays safe," she continued as the camera swiveled from its mounted position where it was subject to shaking. "Everybody good? Thanks so much for bearing with us through that. Our studio was shaking just a little bit."

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"Definitely a scary moment here in our LA studios" Andrews wrote on X in a repost of her handling the quake. "Thank you to our incredible staff and crew who stayed cool throughout!"

Lobo shared her own reaction on X, writing, "I was stunned by both the earthquake and how @malika_andrews handled it like a boss. Wow."

Elsewhere in the ESPN studios, Andrews' NBA Today cohost Timothy Legler shared his own placid reaction to the quake, which consisted of glancing about at the studio shaking around him without panicking or moving a muscle. "I’m sure Californians are used to this but very different for an East Coast guy like myself," he joked on X.

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Andrews is being feted online not only for her assured, unbothered handling of the earthquake, but her instincts to check first if her crew was okay. The official ESPN account called her a "true professional" on X. Andrews' master class in earthquake response also has earned her Greatest of All Time status: Knicks shooting guard Josh Hart shared the video with a simple goat emoji.

ABC7 reported that no major damage was detected around the city, aside from a broken pipe sending water streaming onto a sidewalk at Pasadena City Hall. It follows a string of minor earthquakes that have rattled portions of the region this summer.

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