Chilling image of a bunch of clocks salvaged from the severely damaged (later demolished) 3-month old Olive View Hospital -- frozen at the time of the earthquake:

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/02/09/sylmar-earthquake/#/6


USGS data on the quake (now estimated to have been the same magnitude as the '94 Northridge quake.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1971_02_09.php


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