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Quake in California, DHS door knocks, NYC carriages
The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude 3.2 quake 23 kilometers west-southwest of Gustine; its listed depth is negative 0.7 kilometers, technically above the ground.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on this story, from BBN Newsroom at 11:03 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are CBS News's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by CBS News: “DHS knocks on doors over citizenship, voting”, with reporting from New York Post, Southern California Earthquake Data Center and U.S. Geological Survey.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 11:03 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: NYC, California.
- BBN covered this story before: Straker's Is the Latest NYC Dining Room With an English Accent (October 21).
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- CBS NewsDHS knocks on doors over citizenship, voting
- New York PostEarthquake rocks California county overnight Wednesday
- Southern California Earthquake Data CenterList of Recent Earthquakes for California and Nevada October 22, 2026 · facts used on air
- U.S. Geological SurveyLatest Earthquakes October 22, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFederal agents have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about citizenship and whether they registered or voted, as the midterms approach.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCBS News reports the agents are armed and in Homeland Security uniforms.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDHS has alleged as many as two hundred fifty thousand citizens are illegally registered, though election experts dispute that figure, and the Justice Department says one hundred fifty-six people have been charged with voting-fraud offenses since this administration began.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA magnitude three point two earthquake hit near Gustine, California, at nine-eighteen Eastern last night.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe geological survey lists its depth as negative zero point seven kilometers, which is above the ground.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAbove the ground.
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