European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 n the stars and stripes j California earthquake l tuesday january 19,1994temblor moves mountains Pasadena Calif. Apr the powerful earthquake that hit Southern California Early monday pushed two Mountain ranges higher and closer Roget of or making the san Fernando Valley slightly narrower seismologists said. The quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale was part of the ongoing ground movement that some Day will drag los Angeles North to where san Francisco is now located. A the big picture is its sort of smashing the san Fernando Valley together a said Jim Mori a seismologist with the . Geological Survey. How much closer  Monica and san Gabriel Mountain ranges moved monday Witt be determined from data to be collected Over several Days Mori said. Normal movement in the area pushes them about a Quarter Inch closer each year. The Long Range forecast has los Angeles moving to san Francisco a location Quot in something like 50 million years a Mori said. Mondays quake struck on a previously unknown fault connected to the same system that was involved in the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake. That temblor resulted in nine deaths and was estimated at 5.3 to 5.9 on the Richter scale. N the Richter scale. It also struck near the epicentre of the devastating 1971 Sylmar earthquake but was believed to have occurred along a different fault line than the Sylmar quake. It struck at 4 31 a i in an area full of fault lines created by the constant pressure caused by the movement of the Santa Monica and san Gabriel Mountain ranges that form the san Fernando Valley Quot eventually these Mountain ranges will hit each other and become one Mountain a Mori said. The main Shock was followed within hours by six major aftershocks including two of magnitude 5,0 or greater and four of magnitude 4.0 or greater. There also were two dozen of magnitude 3.0 or greater. We it a it wit scr  1i a. I .><1.5  a a l of cd. 1 a it a w a billboards toppled Fay mondays earthquake sit atop scats at Anaheim stadium Home to the California Angels baseball team and the los Angeles rams football team. Take time out los Angeles a the earthquake that struck Early monday crumpled the a big a sign at Anaheim stadium and prompted the postponement of the Sacramento Kings los Angeles lakers basketball game in Inglewood. Santa Anita in Arcadia North of los Angeles planned to go ahead with its horse racing card and there were no immediate reports of damage to other stadiums and Arenas in the area. At Anaheim stadium about 30 Miles South of los Angeles and some 50 Miles from Northridge reported to be the epicentre of mondays quake the damage was extensive. The quake Shook Down a Row of billboards in the left Field Corner and the towering a a a logo behind Center Field of Anaheim stadium Home to the California Angels baseball team and the los Angeles rams football team. Advertising billboards and the pointed a line Structure leaned precariously Over the playing Field and debris and pieces of the rotating billboards were scattered across the upper deck seats. Bret Colson an Anaheim City spokesman estimated the damage at $3.4 million Quot which hurts simply because our deductible is 5 percent of the value of the Structure a he said making the deductible $6.25 million. The stadium was built in 1966 at a Cost of $24 million. The advertising billboard was put up seven years ago As part of an $8 million improvement package when the rams moved to Anaheim from the los Angeles coliseum about a mile from Anaheim stadium the new Anaheim Arena completed last summer apparently escaped without significant damage. The Arena is Home to the National hockey leagues mighty ducks. John Nicoletti spokesman for the Arena said a we were Able to weather it very Well. The building is built structurally sound. Everything is  although there was no damage immediately apparent at the forum where the lakers were to play Host to the Kings in an afternoon game the game was  from Page 1 measured a preliminary 6.6 on the Richter scale said Kate Hutton a seismologist at the California Institute of technology in Pasadena. Although not As Strong As some quakes in recent years it was unusually destructive because of its location in a populous area. A swarm of aftershocks some As Strong As 5 on the Richter scale jostled the Region throughput the morning and seismologists said they Cou id continue for Severa i Days. The dead according to Hospital and police reports were a fourteen people crushed to death in an apartment building in Northridge. A five people who died of quake related heart attacks. A two people who died when a Hillside Home collapsed in Sherman Oaks. A one woman who broke her neck when she slipped and struck a crib at her. Home in Rancho Cucamonga in san Bernardino county. A a los Angeles police officer whose motorcycle sailed off a severed freeway overpass. A a person who fell from a sixth floor window at a downtown hotel. Referring to the ruins of the North Ridge apartment building fire Cape. Steve Bascom said a a we be got a three Story apartment that Snow a two Story Quot the building half a Block from California state University Northridge housed mostly College students. An identical building next to it buckled but did not collapse. Hundreds of people watched firefighters search the rubble. The entire building a shifted North about 6 feet a said Bob de Fco a fire battalion chief. A third floor resident Eric Pearson Loid Cable news network that he Felt a huge Jolt that lifted the building off its foundation moved it Over and slammed it Down. Richard Andrews californians emergency services director said the Early hour and the Martin Luther King or. Holiday reduced the number of people exposed to injury in the quake. But that was easy to forget in the chaos at the Sylmar Hospital which was swamped by More than 250 new patients. The hospitals disaster coordinator Mark wallers Tern told those without serious injuries to go elsewhere. A we have no Power no Laboratory no a rays no pharmacy and almost no food a Wallerstein told them. He later said the Hospital was operating on emergency Power. In los Angeles Cedars Sinai was receiving a a tidal wave of walking wounded a Hospital spokesman Ron Wise said. A a a a nearby in Granada Hills water from broken water Mains raged through the streets. In one of the weirdest effects of the quake fireballs from ruptured Gas Mains exploded in the midst of the  also were reported in Sherman Oaks acid elsewhere in the Region. Six people were arrested in downtown los Angeles for looting and an undetermined number of others were arrested in the san Fernando Valley. Riordan said there had been a major damage from the quake but insisted that the City had the situation under control. Perhaps the most dramatic damage from the quake was the freeway destruction which threatened to cripple the re Gions transportation system. On the Santa Monica freeway interstate 10, which ferries hundreds of thousands of commuters Between the West Side of los Angeles and downtown every Day an overpass at Fairfax Avenue buckled like a wave dropping to about 6 feet from Street level. A that freeway will be closed for quite a while a Riordan said. But far More horrific was the collapse of a four level intersection of Lale states 5 and 14, known As the Golden slate and Antelope Valley freeways. Cars could be seen crushed beneath the collapsed intersection. Huge slabs of steel reinforced Concrete were splayed at crazy angles. Because of the interdependence of Western Power grids Brief Power outages caused by the quake were reported As far no rth As port land ore., and Seattle. The epicentre of mondays quake was Northridge according to Lucy Jones a seismologist at the California Institute of technology. Northridge is a College Community in the Valley 20 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles. . Geological Survey spokesman Robert Wesson said of the quake a a it a not the big one we hear about so often. The real Impact of this earthquake is because it has occurred in a metropolitan  the quake was Felt at least As far away As san Diego 125 Miles to the South and Las vegas 275 Miles to the  from Page 1 was improving but Crew members and passengers were having trouble reaching the Airport because of buckled roadways. United airlines the biggest Carrier at the Airport said a loss of Power at its main terminal slowed boardings. United was diverting some los Angeles bound flights to nearby airports. United was advising travellers to Call the Carrier before leaving to catch flights from los Angeles. American airlines another big Carrier in and out of los Angeles also was telling passengers to Call first. The airline delayed at least 15 flights from the main Airport and cancelled about 20 inbound flights monday morning. American airlines spokesman John Hotard said the Carrier would not hold flights for passengers who Are late but would rebook them on later flights. He said the airline wanted to stay close to schedule to prevent delays from rippling through its route network. There also were indications that flights were delayed elsewhere As jets were tied up in los Angeles. Winter storms in the Midwest the Ohio River Valley and on the East coast also were slowing airlines. Power outages forced some Oil companies to close West coast refineries and los Angeles based companies including Lockheed corp., closed Headquarters. Pacific Bell the regional phone company was blocking Calls into Southern California to keep the Telephone network open to people in the area said spokeswoman Judy Peterson. American Telephone amp Telegraph co., the nations biggest Long distance operator said callers trying to reach los Angeles w Ere bound to encounter Busy signals. A because of the earthquake related heavy volume of Calls we have instituted network controls that favor people trying to Call out of the area a at amp to spokesman Walter Murphy said. Quot that a a Normal network operating practice in something like this a he said. A your controls Are such that you try to allow people in the area to communicate