50th Anniversary of Earthquake Day
The 1971 Sylmar Quake shattered my peace of mind
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5 min readFeb 9, 2021
In 1971 at 6:00 in the morning, a 6.5 earthquake rumbled through the north end of the San Fernando Valley, upturning our lives forever. It was the first modern earthquake in a place where the anticipated Big One is talked about with great regularity.
