32 years ago, the 1994 Northridge earthquake struck Southern California on January 17th at 4:30am. It measured 6.7 magnitude and lasted approximately 8 seconds. The quake caused violent ground shaking, killing 57 people, injuring thousands, and resulting in $20-$40 billion in damages, making it one of the costliest earthquakes in U.S. history. At that time, the Simi Valley Police Department was located at its previous station on Cochran Street, which sustained damages during the earthquake. In 1

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This video, adapted from a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center animation, shows every recorded earthquake, in sequence, from January of 1980 to March of 2020 in California and surrounding states. Most earthquakes in the world, including those in the United States, are “interplate” earthquakes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries where large sections of the earth’s crust either grind past each other, pull apart, or slam together. With the exception of the Pacific Coast of Southern California, the c

682K views · 4.1K reactions | The video shows the intense moments of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck the central coast of California. It was the most powerful earthquake in the region since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. | History In Pictures | Facebook