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)

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.