What the records say
- When
- 9 Feb 1971
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 34.41° N, 118.40° W
- Deaths
- 65
- Injuries
- 2000
- Damage musd
- 505
- Intensity mmi
- 11
- Depth km
- 8
3 sources record it
- 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 6.5–6.7 Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el estado de California (Estados Unidos), un terremoto de 6.6 sacude el área del Valle de San Fernando”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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