January 1994 Northridge, USA Images
At 4:31 am local time (12:31 GMT) on Monday, January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake twenty miles west northwest of downtown Los Angeles awoke nearly everyone in southern California. Damage was most extensive in the San Fernando Valley, the Simi Valley, and in the northern part of the Los Angeles Basin. It took 57 lives and caused $10 billion in property damage. This set depicts the damage in Northridge the epicentral area.
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- Cite as: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (2012): Natural Hazard Images Database (Event: January 1994 Northridge, USA Images). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5154F01 [access date]
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- gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.photos:18
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Distributor | Hazards Data Manager NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information haz.info@noaa.gov |
Dataset Point of Contact | Hazards Data Manager NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information haz.info@noaa.gov |
Time Period | Unknown to Unknown |
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East: -118.537
South: 34.213
North: 34.213
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Dataset Progress Status | Ongoing - data is continually being updated |
Data Update Frequency | As needed |
Purpose | To provide images of natural hazards for research and education. |
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Lineage Statement | NCEI maintains a database of images of natural hazard events. |
Last Modified: 2018-09-26
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