The U.S. Geological Survey posted a short "Shake Movie" on the 30-year anniversary of the Northridge earthquake that visualizes the intensity of the 6.7 magnitude temblor. This video aired on the ...

The 1994 Northridge Earthquake is a memory forever etched in the minds of millions. Thirty years have passed since the 6.7 magnitude earthquake killed more than 60 people. On its milestone ...

Jones said young people who were not around during the 1994 Northridge earthquake or those who are new to Southern California should not get comfortable with the recent frequency of quakes.

When a rapid succession of earthquakes occurs, like it has in recent weeks, it always brings the same conversation to office water coolers across California: Is the “big one” coming?

All of the code changes in the area of earthquake design originate in study and analysis of actual poor building performance in recent earthquakes, such as the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe events.

Attempts to reach his father and grandmother, who had both stayed behind in Northridge, failed. It wasn’t until they turned ...

In contrast to the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Southern California or the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, buildings and freeways have remained intact and glassware has ...

But a more important comparison shows that the ShakeOut scenario quake would be 45 times stronger, in terms of energy released, than Northridge. The 1994 earthquake resulted in perhaps seven to 15 ...

Erik and Lyle Menendez are still in prison, but where are the other real life people from the double murder case featured in ...

The other big ones here are Sylmar at 6.6, Whittier Narrows at 5.9, Sierra Madre at 5.8 and Northridge 6.7. Above: Earthquake Damage in Greater Los Angeles, compiled by Robert P. Masse and James W ...

Newly discovered footage taken in Shizuoka Prefecture after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake constitutes what is probably among the oldest 35-millimeter records of tsunami damage in Japan.