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The January 1994 Northridge, CA, earthquake (M=6.7) triggered more than 11,000 landslides over an area of ~ 10,000 kmē. Most of these landslides occurred in a 1,000-kmē area that includes the Santa Susana Mountains and the mountains north of the Santa Clara River valley (see map below).
Landslides in Santa Susana Mountains blocking road near I-5 interchange with State Highway 14.
Shallow, disrupted slide in very weakly cemented sediment in the Santa Susana Mountains.
Dust clouds created by earthquake-triggered landslides in Santa Susana Mountains. Dust was blown southwestward over Simi Valley where an epidemic of valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) occurred.
Main scarp of Rancho Camulos earth slide/flow (see map); slide moved from left to right in photo. A man standing in the left center of the photo (inside the circle) shows the scale: the earthquake triggered 25-30 m of movement along this scarp.
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