Northridge earthquake took place in San Fernando, in northern Los Angeles.
It is the areas biggest and best-known geologic fault, the San Andreas, passes about
100 km to the east and north of San Fernando Valley.
San Andreas
Earthquakes
The disasters associated with the Northridge Earthquake are the damages caused by the shaking
but also ground failure and several dozen fires triggered by the earthquake also caused substantial damage.
The death toll was 57 and more than 1,500 people were seriously injured. A few days after the earthquake, 9000
homes and businesses were still without electricity; 20,000 were without gas, and more than 48,500 had little
or no water. About 12,500 structures were moderately to severely damaged, leaving thousands of people temporarily
homeless.
-Safety- The lesson learned of this earthquake was that seismic strenthening and risk reduction programs proved
very effective, both in saving lives and in maintaining business operations.
At 4:31 AM, on Monday January 17
No environmental or economic aspects
When being compared the San Fernando Earthquake 1971 was compared to the 1994 Earthquake. They were both strong earthquakes.
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