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The hospitals
Eleven hospitals in the region were damaged. Nine had to be evacuated. -
The moment of diaster
The North ridge earthquake was caused by dip slip on a thrust fault—the overriding movement of one crustal block up and over a second crustal block.Causing 60+ deaths.(4:31am) -
The bridges downfall
Seven major freeway bridges in the area collapsed, and 212 were damaged, disrupting traffic in the Ventura-Los Angeles region for weeks following the earthquake. -
The destrusction
The quake killed more than 60, injured more than 9,000, and caused damage amounting to over $20 billion. -
No homes
Some 125,000 people were made at least temporarily homeless. What was the damage to buildings and structures 82,000 residential and commercial units and 5,400 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. -
Landsliding quake
In January 1994, the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake triggered over 11,000 landslides, -
The Blazing effect
About 110 fires have been attributed directly to the effects of this earthquake. -
The magnitude
The major shock lasted 10–20 seconds and registered a magnitude 6.7 10 being the max a earthquake can be. -
The expansion
Most damage in the west San Fernando Valley, and the cities and neighborhoods of Santa Monica, Hollywood, Simi Valley, and Santa Clarita. -
The water supplies
The earthquake damaged five major aqueducts, disrupting the supply from the north. These pipelines serve
treatment facilities that prepare water for the
areas of Santa Clarita, Simi Valley, and San
Fernando Valley -
The electricty
About two million customers in the Los Angeles
area lost electric power following the earthquake. -
The rebuilding
Santa Monica Freeway to Reopen on Tuesday,earthquake repairs 74 days early.One of the main roads that were destroyed. -
CEA
the California Earthquake Authority (CEA)
In 1996, the California Legislature went one step further and created the California Earthquake Authority -
Thrust faults
1994 earthquakes occurred are the result of a big bend in the San Andreas fault. The bend causes crumpling, or "compression" of the Earth's crust nearby, giving rise to the thrust faults. -
The Great ShakeOut Drill
In 2008, an annual earthquake drill known as the Great ShakeOut began in Southern California to teach the basic safety technique of "drop, cover and hold on." -
Mandatory Retrofit Ordinance
It covered about 13,500 "soft-story" buildings like Northridge Meadows and some 1,500 buildings with "non-ductile reinforced concrete" construction. -
Early Warning Apps
Los Angeles unveiled a mobile app 25 years after Northridge that uses the early warning system to alert Los Angeles County residents when there is an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 or greater.