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I see the Loma Prieta earthquake article makes the claim that Loma Prieta was the costliest US natural disaster. That would seem to be in conflict with the statement in this article that Northridge was the most costly US quake or some such (I'm paraphrasing both here, these are not exact quotes). These appear to me to be mutually exclusive statements that need to be reconciled for article accuracy. Thoughts? FeloniousMonk 22:40, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
There are several conflicting claims as to the size of this quake and researching extensively, I agree with steve2nash that the quake proves to be 6.8 and centered in Northridge and NOT 6.7 and centered in Reseda. Although previous claims by Imveracious are verifiable when you look at this and accurate about steve2nash's claim in reference to the older NIST study and report, the NIST corrects incorrect data over time and has never done so with this and they are the governing body for keeping data and facts such as this and considered "the authority", "trumping" if you will other local and regional reports. Also, in 1999 5 years after the quake, this reference claims a factual representation of the Northridge Quake in a published book at a 6.9 In fairness to all concerned, it seems reasonable to leave the reading at 6.8 because the only unanimously accepted governing body and actual worldwide accepted authority by our nation and others in its field is the NIST. Here's the 2 links to the book and article showing a higher reading [ [1]] and [ [2]]
While I agree with much of what Imveracious writes and edits throughout the article, I agree with steve2nash as to the accuracy and referencing body that disputes it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A&RBoss ( talk • contribs) 23:15, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
There was a three-story apartment building in which the middle floor collapsed during or immediately after the quake. It dominated the news at the time (I lived in Gardena, CA back then) but doesn't seem to be mentioned here. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/slideset/18/18_369_slide.shtml I am unfamiliar with proper wiki formatting, but I thought this is pertinent information that might need to be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.186.36.223 ( talk • contribs) 15:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
The first and third paragraphs disagree as to how many deaths (72 vs 57). Both may be reasonable based on citations, but both need citations! Bob Kerns ( talk) 18:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded three images of the fallen 10 freeway that I took near my house. I'm not much of a photo editor, so they still need some work on cropping, enlarging the important elements, and so on. I hope that some kind soul from the community could help with this. If you need larger pixel images, let me know. (The source is normal size photo prints, so I'm not sure how much more resolution can be usefully gained, though.) If you feel that there are too many pictures, please add more text, or other pictures, rather than removing them (or at least, explain your reasoning here. ;-) ) JesseW 07:10, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Added link to CSSC web-page showing significant California earthquakes (which needs to be updated). While Northridge did cause significantly more damage than the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, dollar amounts are always approximate and in any case, should probably be adjusted somehow for inflation. Eliminated mention of damaging earthquakes in 23 years; there were several others in that time period that caused damage and at least two caused casualties (Whittier and Landers)as well and 23 years seems somewhat arbitary.
Removed part about Anaheim City council and revised sentence on thrust acceleration. As written it made no sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.244.227.73 ( talk • contribs) 01:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to know whay caused the earthquake? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.81.146.100 ( talk • contribs) 00:38, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I don't understand the association with MLK's birthday. I do not see any valid reason to mention this. If it had happened on Truman's birthday, would Wikipedia make such a fuss? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Educate ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Truman's birthday is not considered a holiday in Los Angeles or in California. Many Angelenos who go to work in the morning and have a long commute may be up at 4:30am. And as pointed out, many people were taking the day off anyway because government offices and schools were going to be closed. If the quake had happened just a few hours later, this would be even more important as the freeways would have been crowded. There was even a freeway that had a whole segment fall several feet down (Interstate 5 near Newhall) which only resulted in one death on 1/17/94 because it was so early and on a holiday. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.133.204.205 ( talk) 21:26, August 25, 2007 (UTC)
Hi, there! I am doing a report on this whole disaster. I'm from Madison Middle School! Can anybody give me some ideas about the damage the earthquake costed, please? That will be very helpful! Thanks! Bye! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.3.142.4 ( talk • contribs) 01:59, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
It was caused by the release of stress along faults under the Los Angeles basin. The movement is caused by the ongoing movement between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.244.227.73 ( talk • contribs) 01:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC) Hello here a student at byrd middle school having to write a 9 paagraph essay on the northridge earthquake i would like to know how long did it take to the people of the N.R.E.Q to recover to go back to thier regular jobs and living a normal life agian- Thank You(: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.221.174 ( talk) 00:19, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
I've read a few things (even here on Wiki) saying that the epicenter was actually in Reseda and that the media only termed it "Northridge Earthquake" to garner more funds as Northridge homes a more upper class than Reseda. Should we add this bit to the page? Modenadude 14:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
I lived a block and a half from the epicenter in the apartment on Reseda & Keswick, (one report said it was at Wilbur & Saticoy another said Yolanda & Saticoy). I truly don't now why the name was give "Northridge Earthquake", I thought because of the people that lost their lives there. Although I was not happy with it being named that, do understand that the San Fernando Valley has many many apartment building all through it. If you drive along Reseda Blvd from Ventura Blvd all the way to Roscoe Blvd(still city of Reseda) you will see two things businesses and apartment buildings. I thought that the Earthquake was named from the epicenter (Sylar, Loma Pieta), however this instance it was not... go figure.
No disrespect to Modenadude, please forgive if done wrong.
mgamalm 12:16am, 5/13/2008 —Preceding comment was added at 07:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
-- Steven2nash ( talk) 19:22, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
The section on Epicenter states rather vaguely that "This was the first instance with a hypocenter directly beneath a U.S. city since the 1933 Long Beach earthquake." Not sure what this was an instance of--it certainly wasn't the first instance of an earthquake with a hypocenter directly beneath a U.S. city (there are thousands every year); it wasn't the first instance of a major earthquake with a hypocenter directly beneath a U.S. city; Southern California has had dozens of major earthquakes in the 61 year period identified, many of which had hypocenters directly beneath cities (e.g. 1987 Whitter, 1971 Sylmar). Cannot clarify or confirm based on citation, as citation link is dead. I am removing the claim. Pcress ( talk) 21:29, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
Personally, I think it would be a very reasonable idea if you described some of your pictures more in the captions - I do not understand two of your captions. If you added more pictures or increased the definition of the existing ones it would be a very good article.
Please do not receive my comments as critisms - in fact I found it a very useful source for study. Thank you a lot for taking the trouble.
Stoatystoatrock ( talk) 16:11, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Dawnseeker2000, How is what I added considered WP:COPYVIO? Imveracious ( talk) 17:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Could we have a section on cultural references? There are songs, amongst other things, about this.