The 1994 Northridge Earthquake on Jan. 17 ripped across the region and rattled 10M Angelenos in what would be the costliest temblor in U.S. history.
Los Angeles city limit sign on the 5 Freeway. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 the morning of Jan. 17, 1994, a powerful jolt that flattened buildings, destroyed homes, damaged freeways, ignited fires and disrupted water and power. The 6.7-magnitude Northridge Earthquake also killed nearly three dozen people, injured 8,700 more, caused some $20 billion in damage and shattered the nerves of millions of Southern California residents.
A masonry building at the intersection of Ventura and Van Nuys boulevards in Sherman Oaks took a beating from the quake. Nannette Stone is held by her son, David, as a neighbor’s mobile home burns at the Tahitian mobile home park on Cobalt Street in Sylmar. Los Angeles Daily News file photo Rolling stock is strewn about the Southern Pacific tracks after the quake caused this derailment in Northridge. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994.
Rescuers search for victims of the quake in Studio City. The death toll would climb in the hours and days after the quake as bodies were discovered in the rubble. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994. Students from California State University Northridge, watch as flames from a ruptured gas main burn near Balboa Boulevard and Rinaldi Street in Granada Hills. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994.
Emergency workers remove a survivor from the first floor of Northridge Meadows. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994. Part of a hillside home overlooking Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades was lost in a landslide caused by the earthquake. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994.
Customers wait outside the Hughes Market in Valencia for a chance to buy water and food. At many stores, the wait in line lasted for hours. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994. A home on Sunswept Drive in Studio City was flattened after the quake sent it plunging down the hillside. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994.
Motorists line up for gas at an Arco station at Sherman Way and Balboa Boulevard in Reseda. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994. The wreckage of a truck driven by Jimmy Menzi rests in the middle of Balboa Blvd. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994. Firemen put out a trailer home that burned in Sylmar, CA. 1/17/1994, photo by
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