Northridge quake: 20 years later
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The 10-second earthquake that rocked Southern California early Monday will create a commuting nightmare for months to come, officials said.
Jan. 18, 1994
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The earthquake that convulsed the San Fernando Valley early Monday demonstrated as brutally as possible the danger posed by a complex web of deeply buried thrust faults underlying the Los Angeles Basin.
Jan. 18, 1994
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Beate Heuss had nearly conquered her fear when she felt it again. That’s why it was so terrifying.
Jan. 18, 1994
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The earthquake sent shock waves through Southern California’s business community Monday, crippling transportation and communications, damaging factories and idling thousand of workers.
Jan. 18, 1994
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Curled up like a frightened baby, Elsie Thull lay on the floor of an elevator in the 21-story New Otani Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles and prayed.
Jan. 18, 1994
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At the place the huge temblortook its greatest toll, the woman stood vigil by an oak tree, peering into the rubble of what had been her home.
Jan. 18, 1994
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It was, as always, the most fickle of catastrophes, bestowing death with nature’s cold caprice: Fifteen from a stucco Northridge apartment building.
Jan. 18, 1994
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Only rubble remains at the junction of the 5 and 14 freeways following the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
Jan. 14, 2014