Northridge Earthquake 1994

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Northridge Earthquake 1994

• By Roxan Rivas
• Period 4
• Date1/22/07

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what happened during the Northridge earthquake?

• people injured people killed( info. About the
  quake)
• Buildings destroyed/damaged
• Communication breakdown transportation
• person interview mom( Rafaela Martinez)
• Interview dad( Fredy Rivas)

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People injured people killed

• There were a lot of people injured and
  unfortunately some were killed because of this
  quake. Approximately 9,000 people were injured
  and 51 dead. Some deaths were caused because the
  homes weren't strong enough to go through the
  Northridge earthquake. This event happened some
  where around 430 am and it was on January
  17,1994 (Martin Luther King JR).

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People injured people killed

• As you all can see many people were hurt and
  not just in a physical way but also in economic
  and that is why even more people were hurt. Many
  people lost their homes and they took the people
  to a park and they slept in the gym. Also many
  people were shocked how a 20 sec. Earthquake
  could do so much damage. Many people helped the
  other people.
• The picture was taken byGREGORY DAVIS
  (HEALTH CLINIC).

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Buildings destroyed/damaged

• There were many damages that were caused by the
  earthquake. Some costs were
• 44billion in damage
• 30billion in received in federal private
  insurance funds
• 800 billion replacement value on taxable
  property
• 25,000bwellings uninhabitable
• 7,000 buildings red tagged
• 22,000 buildings yellow tagged
• 9 hospitals closed(2,500 beds lost)
• A parking garage collapsed
• High ways /bridges/ ports
• Portions of 2 major roads into LA had to close
• picture taken by Ken Fowler

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Buildings destroyed/damaged

• Many building destroyed and houses,
  especially hospitals. Some were around 9
  hospitals were closed and more than 2,000 beds
  lost. Some places like Balboa bl. Were on fire
  because of the water pipes and gas pipes.
• picture taken byKerry Sieh( Balboa bl).

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Buildings destroyed/damaged

• Some freeways were damaged and some were not,
  some collapsed also. Some people no were to live.
  Pore people suffered so much. Like how I said
  before the good thing was that people did helped
  and a lot.
• Photo taken byTa-Liang Teng photo taken
  byGregory Davis

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Broken communication/ transportation

• Many people didnt communicate after the
  earthquake because the phones didnt work. Also
  some train tracks were ruined and also tracks
  and many cars too.

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Interview mom (Rafaela Martinez)

• Reporter Roxan
• Victim Rafaela Martinez
• What were some of the stuff you experience?
• Well it felt very awful and it also scared me
  very much I felt like I couldnt move at all
  except for the quake moving me. Mostly every
  thing that decorated my house broke or got
  damaged, I was really upset.
• How did u react to it?
• one thing I didnt do was panic and then my
  husband and I went out of the house and got in
  the car. We stayed in there until we thought it
  was safe to come out.
• What were you doing when the earthquake struck?

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Interview mom (Rafaela Martinez)

• I was getting up to go to work, and then my
  husband woke up when it started to shake.
• Who was with you?
• My husband was with me, and so was my sister wit
  her daughter and her husband.
• what did you do after?
• i went inside the house and mostly every thing
  was broken. I changed and sadly I had to go to
  work.

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Interview mom (Rafaela Martinez)

• Would you like to tell me some thing else?
• Latter on I saw on TV that a building that was
  destroyed completely trapped a man that was
  cleaning the parking lot and died, also on
  freeway (14) broke down and a police man died.

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Interview dad( Fredy Rivas)

• ReporterRoxan Rivas
• What is an important thing you would say about
  this event?
• Help came fast to the people who needed it most
  and they didnt just waste time.
• What did you think/do when you saw how many
  people and buildings got affected?
• I thought it was terrible because so many
  people got hurt and worried that my family would
  be ok.
• What were you doing?
• I was awake because my wife had to go to work
  and the alarm went on.
• What ere some of the stuff you experienced?
• I experienced an earthquake and also the fear
  and sort of nervous.

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Interviewdad( Fredy Rivas)

• Who was with you?
• I was with my wife. When we went out side we
  saw our neighbors and some of our family members.
  What was good was that we helped each other and
  not so many people panicked.
• What did you do after the earthquake?
• I tried to call my family members but I
  couldnt because the phones didnt work.
• What did you fear the most?
• Well what I feared the most was that my wife
  was waiting for a baby. Also the aftershocks from
  the earthquake.
• Would you like to tell me something else?
• Thanks to god my wife got to have our baby and
  there was no problems.also my family was ok, no
  one got hurt.

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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_Earth
  quake
• Accessed January12,2007
• http//www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.htm
  l
• Accessed January10,2007
• http//www.dis-inc.com/northrid.htm
• Accessed January15,2007
• http//www.vibrationdata.com/earthquakes/northridg
  e.htm
• Accessed January18,2007
• http//www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer94/p94su26.htm
• Accessed January20,2007