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The 1994 Northridge earthquake affected the Los Angeles area of California on January 17, 1994, at 04:30:55 PST. The epicenter of the moment magnitude 6.7 (M w) blind thrust earthquake was beneath the San Fernando Valley. [3] Lasting approximately 8 seconds and achieving the largest peak ground acceleration of over 1.7 g, it was the largest ...
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.
6.1 25.9 I Aftershock of the 7.8 earthquake on June 2. - - 6 [74] Colombia, Cauca: 6.8 12.1 IX Deadliest event of 1994. 1994 Páez River earthquake: This event caused major damage in the departments of Cauca, Huila, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca. At least 795 people were killed (the death toll is claimed by some sources as high as 1,100). 13,000 ...
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.
During the predawn magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake of 1994, ... 15 independent seismic sequences so far this year in which there have been at least one magnitude 4 or higher earthquake. That ...
Magnitude has replaced it, expressed as "a 4.0 magnitude earthquake." ... The epicenter of the Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles in 1994 was in the San Fernando Valley, ...
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.
The January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake caused the southbound SR 14 to northbound I-5 connector to collapse and a bridge crossing San Fernando Road farther north along I-5 to partially fail. It also caused the southbound SR 14 to southbound I-5 overpass to collapse directly onto the main I-5 freeway and the southbound I-5 truck bypass ...