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 ...

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.

1994 Northridge Earthquake: The 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 a.m. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo) Emergency workers remove a survivor from the first floor of ...

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.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jan. 17, 1994 was a day that shook the core of Los Angeles. When the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake struck at 4:30 a.m., it wiped out buildings and bridges, leaving ...

The 1994 Northridge Earthquake on Jan. 17 ripped across the region and rattled 10M Angelenos in what would be the costliest temblor in U.S. history.