Earthquake — California: Northridge

When

17 Jan 1994

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.7

Where

Usa

Coordinates

34.21° N, 118.54° W

Deaths

57

Injuries

11846

Damage musd

40000

Houses destroyed

40000

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

18

Earthquake in Los Angeles, California

The 1994 Northridge earthquake affected Greater Los Angeles, California, United States, on January 17, 1994, at 04:30:55 PST. The epicenter of the moment magnitude 6.7 blind thrust earthquake was beneath the San Fernando Valley. The shock lasted approximately 8 seconds and achieved a peak ground acceleration of over 1.7 g.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.7 Northridge earthquake strikes the Greater Los Angeles Area of the United States, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Northridge-Erdbeben mit der Stärke 6,7 trifft auch Los Angeles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сильное землетрясение в южных районах штата Калифорния (США)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Los Ángeles (estado de California) se registra un terremoto de 6.7 que causa 57 muertos y más de 9000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ノースリッジ地震（ロサンゼルス地震）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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