4.7 California Quake: Retrospective on Most Damaging U.S. Quakes

While the earthquake that hit California about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles on Monday did not cause significant damage, California has been the site of some of the worst earthquakes in U.S. history.
4.7 California Quake: Retrospective on Most Damaging U.S. Quakes
Quakes in California's past: A resident and a cameraman look at damage to the Kaiser Permanente Building following the Northridge earthquake, on Jan. 17, 1994. The earthquake measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and was centered in the San Fernando Valley. (Hal Garb/AFP/Getty Images)
Tara MacIsaac
3/12/2013
Updated:
10/1/2015

4.7 California quake: An earthquake near Anza, Calif., registering 4.7 on the Richter scale did not cause significant damage, according to reports on Monday. Other quakes in California’s history, however, have killed hundreds or thousands, and are the most damaging in U.S. history.

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