After the 6.7-magnitude Northridge Earthquake rattled Southern California, scientists realized just how much preparedness can ...

Southern California seismologist Lucy Jones' job is to study earthquakes for ways to make people safer. Known as "The Earthquake Lady," Jones spends a lot of time focused on the vast gap between what ...

“I actually fell out of bed, it moved the bed out from under me,” said Caroline Veach, a Sunland resident. The quake cost $20 billion in property damage — the most expensive U.S. natural disaster ...

This week, Southern California is observing the 20th anniversary of an event that many wish had never happened, but which remains a vivid memory in the minds of hundreds of thousands of people who ...

At 4:30 a.m., on Jan. 17, 1994, Santa Monica residents were jolted from their sleep by the powerful shaking of the Northridge earthquake. This was the first earthquake to strike directly under an ...

Southbound traffic comes to a halt on the 14 Freeway after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which left large pieces of the roadway heavily damaged. (Lacy Atkins / Los Angeles Times) A major earthquake ...

An apartment building collapsed on the lower-level parking during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994. (FEMA photo) Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of the deadly Northridge earthquake. The 6.7 ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with dozens killed and $25 billion in damage. At 4:31 a.m ...

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (KABC) -- U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a meeting Saturday to commemorate the 21-year anniversary of the 6.7-magnitude ...

LOS ANGELES -- If you were living in Southern California in the 1990s, you probably know that Wednesday is the 24th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake. On this day in 1994 at 4:31 a.m., a ...

At about 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, the deadly Northridge earthquake shook Southern California. About 60 deaths were attributed to the quake, more than 7,000 people were injured and more than 20,000 ...