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Los Angeles (L.A.) Earthquake

Los Angeles (L.A.) Earthquake
In the 90s, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale shook Los Angeles (also known as LA) for 20 seconds. The damage totaled in the billions of US dollars.
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This incident is formally called the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and the earthquake struck on January 17, 1994, at 4:31am Pacific Standard Time in Reseda - a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California,

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Posted by mihaiio on January 25, 2007 at 1:47 am
the force of mother nature...
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