A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken eastern Cuba after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island ...

SACRAMENTO, CA – With the next big earthquake overdue ... “The best thing to do is drop, cover and hold on.” The 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake of 1994, for instance, killed 57 people ...

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"I'm from Southern California. I was nine years old during the California Northridge earthquake in 1994. This was almost as ...

California officials have been trying to ... During the predawn magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake of 1994, 16 people died when their apartments collapsed. Soft-story apartments also suffered ...

Stay on your knees and bend over to protect vital organs.Seismologist warns of increasing earthquake activity in Southern California Hold On: Hold on to your shelter until the shaking stops.

“Lately there’s been some medium- to minor-sized earthquakes throughout Southern California ... a news release states. The Northridge earthquake in 1994, which damaged four major Los Angeles ...

On Jan. 17, 1994, the ground started shaking and in less than ten seconds there was devastation all over Southern California. At the time, the Northridge earthquake was one of the world's most ...