Major U.S. earthquakes

• Jan. 17, 1994 A 6.7-magnitude earthquake at Northridge kills 72 people, injures 9,000 and causes property damages totaling $25 billion.
• Sept. 20, 1993 A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Oregon, burying a car in a rock slide and killing the driver.
• June 28, 1992 A 7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes in Landers, and a second, at 6.5 magnitude, hits the San Gabriel mountains. The quakes kill a Yucca Valley boy, injure 400 and cause $100 million in damage.
• June 28, 1991 A 5.8-magnitude quake under the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California kills two people.
• Oct. 17, 1989 A 7.1-magnitude quake shakes the San Francisco Bay area, killing 63 people.
• Oct. 1, 1987 An earthquake in Whittier, Calif., measuring 5.9 and a 5.3- magnitude aftershock kill eight people.
• Jan. 24, 1980 A 5.8-magnitude quake rocks the Livermore area east of San Francisco, damaging a nuclear weapons laboratory.
• Feb. 9, 1971 In San Fernando, Calif., a 6.5-magnitude quake leaves 65 people dead.
• March 27, 1964 Known as the Good Friday earthquake, an 8.4-magnitude quake near Prince William Sound, Alaska, kills 131 people.
• July 21, 1952 A quake in the Tehachapi-Bakersfield area 50 miles north of Los Angeles registers 7.7.
• March 10, 1933 A 6.3-magnitude quake in Long Beach, Calif., kills 115 people.
• April 18-19, 1906 Earthquake and fires level San Francisco, killing an estimated 700 people. It measured an estimated 7.8.