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The Northridge Earthquake was the subject of the 1995 film Epicenter U., a first-hand account of healing from the natural disaster, directed by Alexis Krasilovsky. [71] [72] The Earthquake Haggadah (1995) was a video excerpt from Epicenter U. narrated by Wanda Coleman. Distributed in 3/4" and VHS by the Poetry Film Workshop circa 1998.
Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Northridge's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We're still learning from that destructive temblor. The 1994 Northridge quake was a shock.
The Northridge Blind Thrust Fault (also known as the Pico Thrust Fault) is a thrust fault that is located in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.It is the fault that triggered the M w 6.7 1994 Northridge earthquake which caused $13–50 billion in property damage (equivalent to 24–93 billion today) and was one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
1994 Java earthquake: Despite being located far offshore, this earthquake caused major destruction due to a destructive tsunami hitting the southern coast of Java and Bali. 250 people died and 27 were left missing. 423 others were injured and many people lost their homes. 250 423 3 [70] Indonesia, Java offshore 6.6 25.9 I
The worst in modern Los Angeles history was the 6.7-magnitude Northridge earthquake in 1994, the first to strike under a major metro area since the 1930s. ... community if there is an earthquake ...
During the predawn magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake of 1994, 16 people died when the ground floor of the Northridge Meadows apartment building collapsed, crushing sleeping residents in their ...
About 200 soft-story apartment buildings in the L.A. area were seriously damaged or destroyed during the Northridge earthquake. At one of them, the Northridge Meadows complex, 16 people died when ...
English: Northridge Earthquake, CA, January 17, 1994 -� Many roads, including bridges and elevated highways were damaged by the 6.7 magnitude earthquake. Approximately 114,000 residential and commercial structures were damaged and 72 deaths were attributed to the earthquake. Damage costs were estimated at $25 billion. FEMA News Photo