The 17th of January is the anniversary of two recent significant earthquakes.

In 1994, the Northridge quake, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake, struck Southern California, killing at least 61 people.
Here are a few sites
SCEC Northridge quake
< href="http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/north/index.html">USGS Northridge quake

In 1995, the Kobe quake, a 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe in Japan. More than 6,000 people were killed.
A few sites for Kobe info:
USGS
This page has recent info and archives of the Kobe disaster.

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