Effects
- Buildings collapsed they were built on a blind thrust fault, so land buckled.
- 57 people died.
- Infrastructure ruined, extensive damage to parking structures/freeway overpasses.
- Most damage occurred in multi-story frame blocks.
- Numerous fires due to broken gas pipes, 250 gas mains broken.
- Scoreboard at Anaheim Stadium collapsed.
- Landslides occurred, these blocked roads.
- Liquefaction amongst some alluvium (material deposited by a river) in upper San Fernando Valley.
- 11,000 homes destroyed.
- Nine overpasses collapsed.
- Mountains rose by about 30cm.
Response
- Declared a federal disaster by President Clinton.
- Hundreds of FEMA (federal emergency management agency) workers deployed to the area to help communities recover.
- 600,000 applied for state and federal disaster aid.
- FEMA spent millions helping the area to recover.