Northridge Earthquake, 25 Years Ago

It is hard to imagine that the 1994 Northridge Earthquake occurred a quarter century ago tomorrow. My memories of it are still vivid.

I was living in North Hills at the time and I remember my bed was jumping around as in the movie, The Exorcist.

The epicenter was centered roughly in the area near Wilbur Ave. and Saticoy Street in Reseda.

Associated Press posted:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with dozens killed and $25 billion in damage. 

A look back at the damage, deaths and developments in seismic safety since the disaster:
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THE QUAKE 

At 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, a hidden fault lurking under the city’s San Fernando Valley neighborhoods unleashed a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that shattered buildings, broke water mains and ignited fires. 

The so-called blind thrust fault — one with no surface features to reveal its presence — caused a block of earth to move upward. Most of the energy was released toward mountains that line the northern side of the valley, but there was more than enough energy sent in other directions to cause devastation. 

The ground shook horizontally and vertically for up to 10 seconds, most strongly in an area 30 miles (48 kilometers) in diameter around LA’s Northridge neighborhood, according to the public-private partnership Earthquake Country Alliance . It was felt as far away as Las Vegas.

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