The Northridge Earthquake in Southern California ... “Engineers can design for any target earthquake magnitude. Stronger structures, however, come at a cost more complicated than pure dollars ...

Five years later, in a beach house in Malibu, we experienced the full force of the disastrous 1994 Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.7), which left 60 people dead, injured more than 7,000 ...

In the massive, 6.7-magnitude shake ... “In the wake of the Northridge earthquake, Mayor Riordan set the standard for emergency action,” she said last year, acknowledging the quake’s ...

The Northridge Earthquake in Southern California ... "Engineers can design for any target earthquake magnitude. Stronger structures, however, come at a cost more complicated than pure dollars ...

N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.