";s:4:"text";s:2264:" The earthquake was actually caused by a movement in the Pico Thrust Fault (also now called the Northridge blind thrust fault). Since the epicenter of the Northridge Earthquake of 1994 was south of the San Andreas Fault, scientists had to rethink their ideas of the faults included. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with dozens killed and $25 billion in damage. The shaking heavily damaged communities throughout the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley, and the surrounding mountains north and west of Los Angeles, causing estimated losses of $20 billion. Some say it was a miracle that Northridge Hospital could be at the epicenter of the largest earthquake to hit Los Angeles in modern times – and still take care of patients.
Epicenter of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The calculated epicenter of the earthquake, according to National Geophysical Data Center (see Wikipedia article). 34°12′47″N, 118°32′13″W The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST and was centered in Reseda, a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. It had a duration of approximately 10–20 seconds.