The Northridge earthquake

Gas from a ruptured supply line burns as water from a broken water main floods Balboa Boulevard in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles. The fire from the gas main destroyed two homes, right.

(Lenny Ignelzi / AP)

Jan. 16, 2019 6:10 PM PT

The Northridge earthquake

A police motorcycle officer died after the collapse of a transition bridge between the 14 and 5 freeways.

(Steve Dykes / Los Angeles Times)

A damaged house in Fillmore six months after the Northridge quake.

(Joe Pugliese / Los Angeles Times)

Construction workers and investigators begin demolition at the remains of the Northridge Meadows apartment complex.

(Richard Derk / Los Angeles Times)

Bricks and debris surround a building on Hollywood Boulevard after the Northridge earthquake.

(Rene Macura / AP)

The 10 freeway split and collapsed over La Cienega Boulevard during the Northridge quake.

(Eric Draper / AP)

Cal State Northridge students walk past a collapsed parking structure on campus.

(Mark J. Terrill / AP)

The Kaiser Permanente outpatient center in Northridge after the quake.

(Alcorn, Jonathan / For the Times)

A portion of the Bullock’s department store in the Northridge Fashion Center collapsed in the Northridge earthquake.

(Reed Saxon / AP)

The Northridge Meadows apartment complex, in which 16 people died when the upper floors collapsed onto the so-called soft story ground floor.

(Nick Ut / AP)

The covered body of Los Angeles Police Officer Clarence Wayne Dean lies near his motorcycle, which plunged off the 14 Freeway overpass that collapsed onto Interstate 5.

(Douglas C. Pizac / AP)