Date
Event
Magnitude
Damage
Deaths
1987 Oct 1
Whittier Narrows 5.9
$380 million
8
My first major earthquake; 5.6 magnitude aftershock on 1987 Oct 4
1991 Jun 29
Sierra Madre 5.6
$40 million
2
epicenter 12 miles from my parents' house. I almost forgot about this one because it didn't cause a lot of damage and didn't have a lot of aftershocks.
1994 Jan 17
Northridge 6.7
$20 billion
60
7,000 injuries, destroyed Golden State Fwy/Antelope Valley Fwy interchange (I-5/CA-14) and a large segment of the Santa Monica Fwy (I-10)
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