Northridge, California
January 17, 1994, M6.7 Earthquake
Available Information
- Follow-up Reports
- Reconnaissance Team Reports
- Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994: Preliminary Reconnaissance Report, John Hall, editor, March 1994, 104 pp.
- Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction: 5th US-Japan Workshop Proceedings, focuses on the 1989 Loma Prieta, the 1994 Northridge, and the 1995 Kobe earthquakes, August 1997, 455 pp. (Out-of-print, Contact EERI)
- Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction: 6th Japan-US Workshop Proceedings, focuses on advances in response, recovery and mitigation in the United States and Japan following the Northridge and Kobe earthquakes, October 1999, 665 pp. (Out-of-print, Contact EERI)
- Earthquake Spectra Articles
- Northridge, California, 1994 Earthquake: Reconnaissance Report
- PART 1: Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 11, Supplement C (April 1995), pp. 1-514
- PART 2: Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 11, Supplement C (January 1996), pp. 1-278
- On Seismic Design Implications of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Records, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 11, no. 1 (February 1995), pp. 91-109
- Characteristics of Free-Field Vertical Ground Motion During the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 11, no. 4 (November 1995), pp. 515-524
- The Continuing Challenge: Report of the Performance of State Bridges in the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 11, no. 4 (November 1995), pp. 607-636
- Use of Loss Estimates by Government Agencies in the Northridge Earthquake for Response and Recovery, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 12, no. 3 (August 1996), pp. 441-455
- Seismic Response of an Instrumented 13-Story Steel Frame Building Damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 13, no. 1 (February 1997), pp. 131-149
- Evaluation of a Four-Story Reinforced Concrete Building Damaged during the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 13, no. 3 (August 1997), pp. 387-414
- Analysis of Northridge Damaged Thirteen-Story WSMF Building, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 13, no. 3 (August 1997), pp. 451-473
- The Role of Earthquake Hazard Maps in Loss Estimation: A Study of the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 13, no. 4 (November 1997), pp. 721-737
- Discussion of “The Role of Earthquake Hazard Maps in Loss Estimation: A Study of the Northridge Earthquake” by Robert B. Olshansky by Robert B. Olshansky, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 3 (August 1998), pp. 557-563
- Response to Maria I. Todorovska’s and Mihailo D. Trifunac’s Discussion of “The Role of Earthquake Hazard Maps in Loss Estimation: A Study of the Northridge Earthquake”, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 3 (August 1998), pp. 565-567
- Plans, Code Enforcement, and Damage Reduction: Evidence from the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 1 (February 1998), pp. 59-74
- The Rinaldi Strong Motion Accelerogram of the Northridge, California Earthquake of 17 January 1994, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 1 (February 1998), pp. 225-239
- Direct Economic Losses in the Northridge Earthquake: A Three-Year Post-Event Perspective, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 2 (May 1998), pp. 245-264
- Nonlinear Analyses of an Instrumented Structure Damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 2 (May 1998), pp. 265-283
- Discussion of “Nonlinear Analyses of an Instrumented Structure Damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake” by Y. Roger Li and James O. Jirsa, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 15, no. 1 (February 1999), pp. 175-179
- Earthquake Impacts and Hazard Adjustment by Acutely Hazardous Materials Facilities Following the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 2 (May 1998), pp. 285-299
- Vertical Response of Twelve Structures Recorded during the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, no. 3 (August 1998), pp. 411-432
- Statistical Analysis of Bridge Damage Data from the 1994 Northridge, CA, Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 15, no. 1 (February 1999), pp. 25-54
- Correlates of Damage to Residences Following the Northridge Earthquake, as Reported in a Population-Based Survey of Los Angeles County Residents, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 15, no. 1 (February 1999), pp. 145-172
- How Safe Are Pre-Northridge WSMFs? A Case Study of the SAC Los Angeles Nine-Story Building, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 15, no. 4 (November 1999), pp. 765-789
- Preferred Direction of Damage to Concrete Block Fences in the M6.7 Northridge Earthquake of 17 January 1994, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 18, no. 2 (May 2002), pp. 369-379
- Losses to Single-Family Housing from Ground Motions in the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2004), pp. 1021-1045
- Value of Injuries in the Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 22, no. 2, May 2006, pp. 555-563
- Exploring the Causal Relationship between Exposure to the 1994 Northridge Earthquake and Pre- and Post-Earthquake Preparedness Activities, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 22, no. 3, August 2006, pp. 569-587
- Northridge, California, 1994 Earthquake: Reconnaissance Report
- Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) Field Report – British earthquake engineers, architects and academics from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)