| Time:
4:31am/pst, Monday, January 17th,
1994 Magnitude:
6.7 | Duration:
15 seconds
Epicenter:
About 17.5 miles beneath the San
Fernando Valley along a hidden
fault.
Aftershocks:
1,000s (many M4.0 to M5.0 Range)
occurred during the next several
weeks.
Deaths:
72 | Injuries:
+9,000 (+1,500 were seriously
injured)
Damage:
$44 Billion. Around 12,500
structures had moderate to severe
damage...leaving thousands of
people temporarily homeless.
Damage occurred on several
freeways serving the Greater Los
Angeles area...including 2
bridges on the 10 Freeway west of
Downtown L.A. Collapsed, 3
bridges on 118 Freeway Collapsed,
2 bridges on the 5 Freeway at the
14 Freeway Interchanged
Collapsed, 2 bridges on the 5
Freeway (Gavin Canyon Bridges)
Collapsed.
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