![]() ![]() The damage cost estimate reached $20 billion in damages, and $49 billion in economic loss. The Northridge earthquake was the costliest natural disaster to have occurred in the United States at the time, and is today the third largest economic loss caused by a natural disaster in the nation’s history. Communication, water and power distribution systems were affected and several fires started. Seven major freeway bridges in the area collapsed, and 212 were damaged, disrupting traffic in the Ventura-Los Angeles region for weeks following the earthquake. What was the damage to transportation and utility systems? Great compilation of Northridge damage photos and how the location looks today, from the Daily News. Nine parking structures collapsed and nine area hospitals required evacuation because of structural and nonstructural system failures. About 200 large steel frame buildings had significant cracking in principal beam connections. Many apartment complexes with “soft story” ground floor parking suffered significant damage. What was the damage to buildings and structures?Ĩ2,000 residential and commercial units and 5,400 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. Some 125,000 people were made at least temporarily homeless. The Northridge earthquake caused at least 57 deaths and over 9,000 injuries. Earthquake activity was felt as far away as Las Vegas and San Diego. The area of strongest shaking in the earthquake was about 30 miles in diameter from Northridge, California, encompassing southern Ventura and northern Los Angeles counties. The earthquake was magnitude 6.7 on a previously unidentified thrust fault, creating strong horizontal and vertical ground motion lasting up to 10 seconds. The Northridge Earthquake: January 17, 1994
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