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When did this happen, and how big was it ?  I listened to the news this 
morning on my way in to work, but did not hear anything about a quake in 
California.

Leslie

 According to the title of the topic it was 4:30AM Calif time ;-)




 Jim

	I've heard 50 homes burning out of control, some isolated incidents of
looting, at least one fatality on a collapsed freeway.

	Biggest since at least 1971? or 72?

	There's a 5% chance that this a foreshock to a dreaded larger one to
come soon. Probably not but only God knows.

ace

    New reports are that it was 6.6 or 6.7 on the Richter scale.
    
    Highways 10 (Santa Monica Freeway) and 5 suffered some collapse/damage.
    
    Thankfully, the quake 1) occurred before the morning rush got under
    full swing and 2) on a quasi-holiday.
    
    Mark L.

It was 6.6 on the Richter scale (so the 7.1 in San Francisco a few years
ago was more than three times as strong).

Epicenter is in the San Fernando Valley about 25 miles WNW of downtown.

No major structures down.  A few residential buildings down.  Some fires,
mostly in the Valley.

Power outages up and down the West Coast (even as far north as Portland,
Oregon, 900 miles north, and maybe even Seattle) due to load surges.

Only one death reported so far, patrolman on a freeway, details not yet
reported.  That doesn't count two heart attacks, which doesn't seem to
be more than you would expect on a Monday morning.  Another fatality
just reported in a gas main explosion.

/john

re-1

	Of course the cold hard light of day is just beginning...

    British television are saying that the area has been declared a
    disaster area. There were apparently two earthquakes, the second
    stronger than the first. 

    I was on pager and received alarms from some of our customer's networks
    at 04:32, which was approximately 1 minute after the main quake. The
    official size was 6.6 on the rictor(sp?) scale.
    
    Since I received my first alarms, I had turned on the TV to find
    several fires, freeways down, some flooding due to water-main breaks.
    There is a report of a dam north of the earthquake center that may be
    cracked. Reports are beginning to come in, indicating there are some
    confirmed deaths, many injuries... etc..!
    
    I am now at the office, so do not have the benefit of the TV any
    longer. We are in touch with some of our Digital contacts via cell
    phones, so we do get periodic updates.
    
    Will fill y'all in as I can... Very busy doing desaster recovery stuff
    for some of our customers.
    
    I'm praying for our California folks.!
    
    Bob
    

    One thing that disturbs me about these things, this one in particular
    is the lack of common sense on the part of some "business" folks..
    
    We just received a call from one of our customer who's building is near
    to the center of the quake. First of all, he had to take great risk to
    get to the building. Once there, he had to pursuede officials to let
    him into the building because there is visual structural damage to the
    place... He finally gets to his area of the building where everything
    is just thrown about... the computers have been shifted across the room
    and this gentleman calls us to help him bring the computers back on
    line.. Mind you, some of these computers have been crushed..
    
    Has business become that important that we will discount our personal
    and family concerns/health in order to *save* the business..
    
    We finally had to convence this guy by way of explaining the potential
    extended damage should he attempt to bring these devices up without
    checking them out.... We told him that if he were to power them up
    without a Digital FE checking them out first, his insurance would not
    cover the cost of the damage, to the computers.... He would not respond
    when we voiced concern for *his* health or his families health.. It
    took the potential additional loss of $$$s before he would discontinue
    his attempt to bring things on line....
    
    I'm sorry, I just can't understand this kind of mind set.... I'm sure I
    would place my family, friends and myself before the *business*.
    
    God be with these folks, in their time of need.!
    
    Bob
    

Like the guy who reputedly hid in a cupboard rather than leave the building 
for a fire alarm...

- Such people must go through real trauma if they're laid off...

							Andrew

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	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- A severe earthquake rocked Southern California
early Monday, killing at least three people, collapsing portions of
several freeways and igniting fires while cutting power and phone
service to wide areas of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.
	The Los Angeles Police Department said one man died when he fell from
a sixth floor window of the downtown Frontier Hotel.
	Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan said another person was killed when
a freeway collapsed in Newhall, a northern suburb of Los Angeles in the
San Fernando Valley.
	Gov. Pete Wilson said a third fatality also had been confirmed but
did not have details.
	A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said 30 to 50 structure fires
were burning in the San Fernando Valley after the early morning temblor
and there were reports of buildings collapsed with people trapped
inside.
	John Minsch of the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden,
Coloradp, said the earthquake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. He said
the earthquake struck at 4:31 a.m. and was centered 20 miles (32 km)
southwest of San Fernando, California.
	The temblor was felt from Las Vegas, Nevada, to San Diego.
	Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics at a station in Van Nuys said
a parking structure collapsed at the Northride Fashion Center Mall near
the quake's epicenter and people were trapped, but they did not know the
extent of injuries.
	Overpasses collapsed on the Santa Monica, Simi Valley and Golden
State freeways.
	Within minutes of the quake, city officials closed Los Angeles
International Airport due to loss of power.
	Natural gas and water mains ruptured by the temblor spewed their
contents into the air, some of the gas mains catching fire and causing
dozens of mostly residential fires in the northern San Fernando Valley,
Sherman Oaks and Northridge.
	At least 10 aftershocks were reported.
	The California Institute of Technology said the epicenter was 2 miles
(3 km)northwest of Northridge, a northern suburb of Los Angeles.
	Seismologist Lucy Jones from Caltech said the epicenter appeared to
be slightly south of the lethal 1971 earthquake that killed 62 people on
Feb. 9, 1971, injuring hundreds and causing damage of more than $1
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	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- A strong earthquake rocked Southern California
early Monday. Here is a summary as of 1500 gmt.
                               ------
DAMAGE:
	--Three confirmed deaths.
	--Key freeways collapsed.
	--30 to 50 structures on fire.
	--California Institute of Technology said quake compressed San
Fernando Valley.
 
MAGNITUDE:
	--6.6 on the Richter scale at 4:31 a.m.
	--10 aftershocks reported at 4 or more on Richter scale.
	--Epicenter 2 miles northwest of Northridge, a suburn north of Los
Angeles.
 
CONDITIONS:
	--Telephone, electric service disrupted.
 
AREAS EFFECTED:
	--Sylmar, Newhall, northern San Fernando Valley, Sherman Oaks and
Northridge.
	--Los Angeles International Airport closed by lack of power.
	--John Wayne International Airport in Burbank closed as a precaution.
 
ACTIONS TAKEN:
	--Residents ordered to boil water until further notice.
	--Officials urge residents to refrain from using telephones.
	--Residents turning off natural gas.
	--Mayor Richard Riordan declared state of emergency for city.
 
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS:
	Ron Douglas, Studio City: ``I woke up and the next thing I knew the
house was on top of me. It took me 10 minutes to climb out.''
	Employee at a Ralph's supermarket in Los Angeles: ``It just started
rattling and rolling and I jumped under a checkstand.''
 
OFFICIAL COMMENT:
	Gov. Pete Wilson, on CNN: ``We were fortunate that this terrible
thing had to occur when it did, at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday.
	On CBS: ``We didn't have people on the freeway that you would have
expected on a normal day....It's pretty shocking.''
 
BACKGROUND:
	--An earthquake centered to the north of Los Angeles killed 62 people
on Feb. 9, 1971, injuring hundreds and causing $1 billion in damage.
 
INFORMATION:
	--Red Cross telephone for people seeking assistance, 213-739-5200.

    Just a bit more of an update...
    
    Just got a phone call from my son Billy. He is watching the news and
    saw a story of a motorcycle policemen who had not responded to radio
    calls... They just found him dead, under a freeway section.
    
    The death toll is rising, the afterquakes are continuing. 
    
    God be with you all, in California and with you all who have folks in
    that area....
    
    Bob
    

>They just found him dead, under a freeway section.

He was on top of it, actually.  Went over the edge in the dark.

/john

    Re: Note 374.5 by COVERT::COVERT
    
>Power outages up and down the West Coast (even as far north as Portland,
>Oregon, 900 miles north, and maybe even Seattle) due to load surges.
    
    Causes include;
    
    1)  Vibration triggering thermostats in hot water and air heating
    systems that were about ready to go on anyway,
    
    2)  People turning on their lights when the noise hits,
    
    3)  Cabling being sheared or shorted due to ground structure changes,
    
    4)  Major plant items such as substation transformers experiencing
    structural change induced by foundation relocation...
    
    ;-)
    
    James

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	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The Southern California earthquake and its
aftermath as of 8 p.m. PST Thursday.
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HIGHLIGHTS:
	--54 deaths blamed on the quakes.
	--5,420 injured with 4,604 treated and released, 716 admitted.
	--8,000 customers without electricity, mostly San Fernando Valley.
	--40,000 customers without water. 40,000 more with intermittent
service.
	--20,000 to 30,000 set up camp in at least 70 city parks, 3,500 others
in 23 shelters.
	--Boil water advisory for San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica residents
until repairs to chlorination plants; principal aqueducts out of
service.
	--1,500 aftershocks, including 2 measuring between 5.0 and 5.9 on
Richter; 26 measuring 4.0 to 4.9 and 245 measuring 3.0 to 3.9 jangle
nerves.
	--State officials ordered the evacuation of 150 patients from St.
John's Hospital in Santa Monica after determining the building is unsafe
because of structural damage.
 
DAMAGE:
	--Estimates ranging from $15 billion to $30 billion, which would rank
the quakes with Hurricane Andrew as the nation's costliest natural
disaster.
	--Insurance Information Institute estimates $1 billion in insured
damage, close to 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
 
INSURANCE HISTORY (1992):
	--$16.5 billion paid for Hurricane Andrew.
	--$775 million paid for Los Angeles riots.
 
DISRUPTIONS:
	--18 portions of eight freeways closed, commuters stuck in same place
for an hour; so-called surface streets are jammed as commuters look for
alternate routes.
	--1,000 passengers jammed Metrolink commuter trains from Santa Clarita
to downtown, three times the average.
	--St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica evacuates 150 patients and
announces it will be closed for several months because of damage.
	--10-story building in West Los Angeles on the verge of falling down
on a busy street; city will raze building if an aftershock doesn't do
the job first.
	--22 branches of the Los Angeles Public Library closed until further
notice because of earthquake damage. The Central Library and 40
undamaged branches have reopened.
 
SCHOOLS:
	--Los Angeles Unified School District, second in size only to New York
City, closed for the week, 640,000 students remain at home; officials
trying to figure out how to make up the lost time.
	--650 of the district's 800 school buildings damaged, with serious
structural damage and cracks at 151 campuses.
 
GOVERNMENT:
	--President Clinton announces two additional measures to help quake
victims: $100 million for repairs to local, city and state
infrastructure and facilities and a five-day extension of 100 percent
direct federal assistance for emergency work.
	--State lawmakers to consider $500 million housing bond measures,
quarter-cent sales tax increase for two years to pay for damages.
	--Small Business Administration to provide $95 million in immediate
assistance to businesses, toward up to $240 million in loans.
	--Transportation Department to allocate $45 million to begin
reconstruction of the buckled freeway.
	--California Department of Transportation officials promise to have
portions of eight collapsed or sagging freeways repaired within a year
at a cost of at least $100 million.
	--In an effort to alleviate pressure on freeways, Gov. Pete Wilson
signs an executive order allowing employers to switch to three- or four-
day work weeks without suffering the financial penalty of paying
overtime as required by state law.
	--1,500 federal workers on hand to assist in the recovery efforts.
	--2,500 National Guard troops conduct security patrols at quake-
ravaged sites and aid in relief efforts.
 
BUSINESS:
	--Companies struggle to operate despite disruptions in utilities,
communications and transportation. Many remain closed three days after
the shaker or operate with skeleton staffs who mostly cleaned up debris
or moved out vital equipment to begin basic operations at other
locations.
	--Businesses cover up broken windows in time for heavy rains expected
to hit the region Saturday.
	--Thousands of workers remained home for the fourth day by closed
freeways.
	--Chevron reopened all but 15 to 20 of the 101 closed stations.
	--Smart & Final reopened all but four of 25 warehouse stores closed
Monday.
	--Major shopping malls closed; heavily damaged Northridge Fashion Mall
shut for several weeks.
	--Stores and restaurants in the San Fernando Valley are left virtually
crippled by the earthquake, stranded without supplies, and in many
cases, power.
	--Several major corporate operations, including Great Western Bank and
Rockwell International Corp., remained mostly closed, along with the
Northridge Fashion Center, where a collapsed Bullock's department store
has been condemned and two parking structures will have to be rebuilt.
	Hilton Hotels said its 318-room hotel in Woodland Hills and its 150-
room hotel in Santa Clarita would be open by the weekend. Several other
hotels, such as the Marriott in Woodland Hills, the Holiday Inn Bay View
in Santa Monica and the Radisson at Valley Center, remained closed.
 
CONSUMERS:
	--Federal officials open 11 centers in areas hardest hit by the quakes
to provide state and federal aid. Thousands of displaced quake victims
get only appoitments for meetings instead of housing and money.
	--Los Angeles city attorney launches consumer fraud task force to
combat price-gouging and other scams.
	--85 calls reporting retailers charging $10 and up for a gallon of
water, $20 for four batteries, and a fast-food outlet asking $75 for
four pizzas.
	--City law passed after 1992 riots makes it a misdemeanor for firms to
increase the price of goods by more than 10 percent during emergency.
	--Northridge Meadows Apartments residents complex hang a banner in
front of the collapsed complex in which 16 died pleading for help from
Clinton.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:
	President Clinton made a rallying cry for Americans to help the quake
victims,saying that like the flooding in the Midwest last year, the
recent catastrophe ``hurts the whole rest of the American economy.''
	``So, we've got to be family in emergencies, and I think that's what
America wants to do.''
	Hero Marco Palaez: ``In a dangerous situation you forget about your
own life. I don't know where the strength comes from.''
	Northridge Pharmacy owner Shirley Pascal: ``There's another week's
worth of cleanup that needs to be done before we're fully operational.''
	Screenwriter Walter Klenhard: ``There's no point in going in today.
I'd be in the way.''
	Woman at one of the campsites where thousands are living rather than
go back to quake-damaged homes: ``This is a helluva way to have a block
party, but everybody is helping everybody.''

    I was in Nashua, N.H. for training when the quake hit.  My wife and
    home were relatively unscathed.  My wife lost two stoppers on hand
    blown perfume bottles in her collection and a door which was sticking
    now swings freely.  
    
    There are pockets of destruction all over Southern California.  Santa
    Monica has been hard hit, yet the area between it and Northridge was
    almost untouched.  Two blocks from my home, a road in a marina was
    destroyed due to liquafaction (sp?), yet there appears to be no damage
    anywhere close.  My wife's dentist in Santa Monica called to say his
    entire medical building was destroyed and the L.A. Times has a picture
    of that building as the wrecker's ball is leveling the remaining
    portions of the multi-story facility.
    
    My boss lives close to the epicenter and he lost all his dishes, the
    outside walls around his yard but nothing serious.  Two in our group
    lived in Northridge and as of last Thursday one still did not have
    power and water and there was concern for the structure.  The other was
    with me in Nashua and his wife told him the house was "...trashed...". 
    I have not had an update from him.  Travel is severly disrupted with
    the damage to the Santa Monica freeway.  My wife's commute is now about
    two hours each way, from a normal 1 hr to 1 hr 15min time before. 
    There was announcement by the Mayor this am, calling for ride sharing,
    changing hours of business, etc. like we did in the 1984 Olympics when
    we had an extra 5 million visitors to accommodate.  The estimate is
    that we can handle only about 60% of the traffic with the damaged
    roads.
    
    Two good Christian friends in my group had no problems at all.  One
    lives near me and the other is significantly further away.  Yet there
    was damage of $3.5 million to Anaheim Stadium which is another 20 miles
    further from the epicenter, so hard to understand.
    
    Please pray to comfort those who are frightened, which are many and for
    those who have lost significantly of their material possessions.  Pray
    that our government will not continue to foul things up as they have in
    the past.  Many Southern California churches have been very effective
    in giving aid to those in need and helping to relieve the fear and
    stress resulting from the continued earthquakes.
    
    I wish that I had been here to support my wife.  She seems to have
    handled her fears and relaxed to sleep again at night.
    
    In His Love,
    
    Daryl

    Thanks for the update, Daryl.  Glad your losses weren't great.  Our
    prayers are with those in real need.
    
    I heard over the weekend that a friend of ours who lives in the San
    Fernando valley was in labor (probably pushing) when the quake hit. 
    She gave birth 20 seconds later!
    
    Mark L.

    Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase, "coming into the world with a
    bang"..... 8^)
    
    Seriously though, Praises Daryl for your coming through relatively
    unscathed... Praying for others who have a long road ahead.
    
    Keep the faith!
    
    Bob
    

    All but 76 of 640 schools of the LA Unified School District reopened
    today.  Children are a real concern because of their fears.  Wish they
    all could trust in our Lord Jesus Christ and realize the peace this
    affords the believer.  Traffic is unbelievable - both good and bad.
    
    In His Love,
    
    Daryl