After 50 Years, San Fernando Quake Still Provides Lessons
Half a century ago – on Feb. 9, 1971 – a 6.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the San Fernando Valley, killing 65, injuring 2,500, and causing $505 million in damage ($3.2 billion in today’s dollars).
Forty-seven people perished at one site alone when the San Fernando Veteran’s Hospital crumbled into a heap of […]