Tuesday, October 29, 2013

[Geology2] One from the Vaults - San Fernando Valley Earthquake 1971 Sylmar California



The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as Sylmar earthquake) struck the San Fernando Valley near Sylmar at 6:00:55 a.m. PST on February 9, 1971, with a magnitude of 6.6.

There are various names for this earthquake. Seismologists call it the San Fernando earthquake. USGS 'Sylmar Quake' or 'Sylmar earthquake' is the name initially given to the event by local media outlets, because the worst damage was to the Olive View Medical Center, located in Sylmar. Local veterans of 'the Sylmar Quake' commonly refer to this seismic event as the 'February Ninth' quake.

Contains the famous line about the earth shaking "like an angry parent shakes his screaming child!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiabD0WBl7w

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