Photos: A look back at the Whittier quake
Posted May 08, 2012
Twenty-five years ago, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Whittier. It's one of the biggest events in this city's 125 year history. Some say Uptown still hasn't recovered but residential areas certainly have.
***STAFF FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** Earthquake refugees on cots at the Whittier Community Center in Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1987. (Whittier Daily News staff photo by Alan Greth)
***STAFF FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** Earthquake damage at rear of Emporium Building in Uptown Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1, 1987. (Whittier Daily News staff photo by Greg Andersen)
***STAFF FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** Brian's Auto proprietor Brian De La Vara stands inside his earthquake damaged shop in Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1987. (Whittier Daily News staff photo by Alan Greth)
***STAFF FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** A Whittier resident stands inside her earthquake damaged home at Greenleaf Avenue and Beverly Boulevard in Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1987. (Whittier Daily News staff photo by Alan Greth)
***STAFF FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** Earthquake damage at rear of the Beacon Press Building in Uptown Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1, 1987. (Whittier Daily News staff photo by Greg Andersen)
***Associated Press FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** A police officer stands in front of a severely earthquake damaged store front on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1, 1987. (Associated Press staff photo by Lennox "Red" McLendon)
***STAFF FILE PHOTO, ORIGINAL IN BLACK AND WHITE*** Brian's Auto proprietor Brian De La Vara stands inside his earthquake damaged shop in Whittier, Ca. Oct. 1987. (Whittier Daily News staff photo by Alan Greth)
The Whittier Museum has an exhibit titled Quake City that will honor the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Whittier Narrows Earthquake that caused so much destruction in the old Uptown area. The May Co. parking structure that collapsed, formerly located on Whittier Bl. (sgvn photo/mike mullen/wcty)
Damage from the 1987 Whittier Narrows Earthquake is shown on businesses along Bright Avenue north of Philadelphia Street. (Photo courtesy of the Red Cross)
Heavy equipment clean up the rubble from a damaged building at the south-west corner of Bright Avenue at Philadelphia Street in Uptown Whittier. (Photo courtesy of the Red Cross)
Cars were damaged as brick walls of businesses collapsed during the 1987 Whittier Narrows Earthquake. (Photo courtesy of the Red Cross)
SPECIAL TO SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE-A portion of the business section in Whittier, Calif. lies in ruin Thursday Oct. 1, 1987 along a Greenleaf Avenue after a 6.1 earthquake rumbled through Southern California, centered along the Whittier fault, during rush hour. (Lennox McLendon)
Cars were damaged as brick walls of businesses collapsed during the 1987 Whittier Narrows Earthquake. (Photo courtesy of the Red Cross)
SPECIAL TO SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE-A portion of the business section in Whittier, Calif. lies in ruin Thursday Oct. 1, 1987 along a Greenleaf Avenue after a 6.1 earthquake rumbled through Southern California, centered along the Whittier fault, during rush hour. (Lennox McLendon)
Facades on the front of Uptown businesses on Greenleaf Avenue collapsed leaving interior walls exposed during the 1987 Whittier Narrows Earthquake. (Photo courtesy of the Red Cross)
QUAKE #2 -- GREG ANDERSEN Two cars damaged by brick that had fallen from the building they were parked next to during the 1987 Whittier earthquake.
QUAKE #3 -- GREG ANDERSEN Two cars damaged by brick that had fallen from the building they were parked next to during the 1987 Whittier earthquake.
10-1-97 -- W-QUAKE Onlookers look at a Mustang that was crushed by fallen debris after the Whittier Earthquake in 1987.
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