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File:USGS - 1971 San Fernando earthquake - Collapse of four buildings at the Veterans Hospital.jpg

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English: 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.
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Author USGS (Mehmet Çelebi and Robert Page)

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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