Re: Today in 1994... Northridge Earthquake Anniversary
Posted by PennyB on January 18, 2008 at 18:14:22:

Ah...good old Long Beach. I was actually born there, and went to high school at Woodrow Wilson. I won't mention which class, though!

Most of LB IS liquifaction central. My family spoke of the 1933 quake there---must have been a doozy. Oddly enough, I only remember the 1952 Tehachapi quake (I was a very little girl), which was strongly felt in Long Beach. Only quake I remember there, but it was frightening.

I do remember major land subsidence there---some of it from oil production before they began pumping water into the ground to replace the oil.

Glad that you'd in wood frame---bolt things down and don't sleep under anything heavy!

Cheers, PennyB


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