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The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the M s scale and 6.6 on the M w scale, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
The Van Norman Dams, also known as the San Fernando Dams, were the terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, supplying about 80 percent of Los Angeles' water, [5] until they were damaged in the 1971 San Fernando earthquake and were subsequently decommissioned due to the inherent instability of the site and their location directly above heavily populated areas.
Los Angeles earthquake could refer to: 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1952 Kern County earthquake; 1971 San Fernando earthquake; 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake; 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake; 1992 Landers earthquake; 1994 Northridge earthquake; 2008 Chino Hills earthquake
Multiple major wildfires still rage around Los Angeles, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate, threatening thousands of structures and leading to a still unknown number of deaths and ...
Category: 1971 in Los Angeles. 2 languages. ... 1971 San Fernando earthquake; U. 1971 UCLA Bruins football team; V. 1971 Valley State Matadors football team; Van ...
Most of the 33 buildings are in the Los Angeles Basin, which has been spared the strongest shaking of L.A. County’s two most destructive earthquakes since World War II — the magnitude 6.6 ...
1971 earthquake may refer to: 1971 Bingöl earthquake (Turkey) 1971 San Fernando earthquake (Los Angeles, California, US), also known as the "Sylmar earthquake" 1971 Solomon Islands earthquakes (great doublet, tsunami)
The $2-million project, approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, is scheduled to begin in December and be completed around June. Initial earthquake retrofit approved for historic L ...