1987 Whittier Earthquake | M5.9

On Thursday morning at 7:42am, October 1, 1987, the Whittier area of Eastern Los Angeles was shaken by a M5.9 quake. This had been the strongest quake to hit so close to the downtown area since the memorable Sylmar quake in 1971. The Whittier Quake killed 4 people and did $360 million in damage. The coverage includes CNN, KGO TV, Channel 7, KPIX, and KRON. Some of the memorable reporters seen in the video clips include Pete Wilson, Sylvia Chase, Gary Rebstock, Lou Waters, Andrea Arceneaux, Anne McDermott, and Kent Shocknek

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Science & Technology

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• earthquake
• temblor
• seismic
• sismo
• whittier
• los angeles
• elsinore
• southern california
• channel 7 news
• pete wilson
• gary rebstock
• kgo
• cnn
• 6.1
• 5.9
• kent shocknek

[darkhoarse820]

@Angelslover9 That's BS. I went to school within the hour.

[TheMetalhead818]

I was nine and living in a group home in burbank already for school at that time of the quake

[whittondude]

I remember this quake very well. I was 14, living back home in Riverside at the time.

[Angelslover9]

@30MFLORES

what is so good about them is no SCHOOL

[quicksilverwade]

I was in Bell Gardens. I remember the first wave was like an atomic bomb had gone off. The air shook the house like Godzilla had taken a hold of it then the ground started moving up and down like a broken escalator.

[teflonmagnet]

@StevenShields29 ohh, i beg your pardon, it's niggahville, is it?



[StevenShields29]

@teflonmagnet What a lovely thing to say! It tells me a lot about the kind of person you are. And fyi, the largest ethnic group in Whittier is Hispanic, followed by non-Hispanic white. And where do you live?

[FridayzGirl]

i was 3 when this happened

[StevenShields29]

And I hate these motherfucking easterners with their smug fucking attitude about our reactions during quakes. I'd love to see the look on THEIR faces when it seems like the building is about to come crashing down on your head.

[StevenShields29]

South Gate?? what the hell are these hicks talking about? And btw, PATHETIC graphic of the fault.