A Southern California earthquake measuring 2.7 struck near Sherman Oaks, sending a jolt through L.A., triggering ShakeAlert ...

Photojournalist Hans Gutknecht is recalling the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994 - being shaken out of bed and witnessing absolute devastation.

At a magnitude of 6.7, the Jan. 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake wasn’t unusual in terms of its size. Since 1900, an average of 120 earthquakes per year worldwide are in the magnitude-6.0 to 6.9 ...

30 years ago today, Los Angeles was jolted awake by a massive earthquake centered near Northridge. The 6.7 magnitude temblor on January 17, 1994 killed some 60 people, injured 8,700, and damaged ...

Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Northridge's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We're still learning from that destructive temblor.

Prior to Northridge, the data were recorded on photographic film chips by sensors out in the field. Here's how the U.S. Geological Survey described the process of gathering and analyzing the data back ...

The morning of January 17, 1994, was a seismic turning point in Southern California’s history as the Northridge earthquake, measuring 6.7 in magnitude, struck at exactly 4:30:55 a.m. local time ...

Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Northridge's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We're still learning from that destructive temblor.

When the Northridge earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley in the early hours of Jan. 17, 1994, Craig Renetzky and his family were asleep at home in Reseda three miles from the quake’s epicenter.

The Jan. 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake damaged roadways across Los Angeles. But nowhere was the impact felt more acutely that on the 10 Freeway just east of Culver City.