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These are not associated with compressional cracks in the ground, but are the result of pavement decoupling from strong ground shaking. This buckling occurred in an east-west zone of deformation about three miles (five km) long. Major water and gas line breakages occurred in this zone. Much of the deformation in this zone was apparently due to lurching and differential settlement. Image Credit: J. Dewey. U.S. Geological Survey January 17, 1994 Northridge USA earthquake 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. Event Data:
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