Image: USGS - 1971 San Fernando earthquake - Collapse of four buildings at the Veterans Hospital
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Description: The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (magnitude 6.7) collapsed four buildings at the San Fernando Veterans Administration Hospital complex (above), killing 47 people. The buildings had been built in 1925, before building codes were in effect.
Title: USGS - 1971 San Fernando earthquake - Collapse of four buildings at the Veterans Hospital
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Author: USGS (Mehmet Çelebi and Robert Page)
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