European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes California quake Friday january 21,1994 chill possible rain Cloud recovery Clinton visits stricken la., vows Federal disaster Relief president Clinton squats As he surveys a Crater on Balboa Avenue in the Northridge area of the san Fernando Valley on wednesday during a visit to the earthquake stricken area. Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan is second from left. Los Angeles a a descend ing chill and a forecast of rain Lent urgency to efforts thursday to find shelter for the tens of thousands of people driven from their Homes by monday s Earth quake. About 20,000 people were camping in the City s Parks said Jackie Tatum a spokeswoman for the recreation and Parks department. Many More slept in county Parks we need to get those people out Tatum said. It s unhealthy out  rain was expected by today raising the risk of mudslides in neighbourhoods Sha Ken by the quake and stripped of ground cover by autumn s firestorm. Hopefully by then we will find some plastic or something for a Little More Protection from the rain said Jose Murillo one of 18 people huddled under a Sheet stretched Between two cars in a Chatsworth Park. Or maybe we could find real  president Clinton surveyed the damage across the still shaking City on wednes Day and said nine disaster Aid application centers would open thursday. He also said housing vouchers would help Refu gees pay for temporary shelter. But the word had t filtered Down to people camping in Parks and front Yards As temperatures dipped into the 40sthursday. They never passed out anything said Juan Francisco Magallanes whose family built a lean to of fruit crates at a Park in the san Fernando Valley which bore the Brunt of monday s 6.6-magnitude quake. The Only people to come by today were the police who told us they were giving out stuff Relief supplies at the Shell  Federal emergency management Agency workers planned to hand out fliers thursday detailing the help Avail . A snapshot of the damage the death toll Rose to 46. Hospital officials announced two More quake re lated heart attack victims the body of a Man was found in a Northridge Home and the body of a 69-year-old woman was discovered in the rubble of her Daugh Ter s studio City Home. About 4,500 peo ple were injured. Gov. Pete Wilson said the damage toll could match Hurricane Andrew s $30 billion the costliest natural disaster . History. About 40,000 san Fernando Valley residents remained without water and thousands of others were asked to boil possibly contaminated water. Workers re paired one. Of the aqueducts that carry water to the Valley s 2.5 million residents. Repairs continued on two other quake damaged aqueducts.1 about 35,000 customers still lacked natural Gas 40,000 households and Busi Nesses were without water and 52,000 lacked electricity thursday. Police closed the main Street be tween Hollywood and Burbank s movie and to studios after noticing possible cracks in a Bridge along the route. Police chief Willie Williams said a dusk to Dawn curfew will remain in effect for the rest of the week. He said it had contributed to an 80 percent drop i crime. Clinton got a feel for the City s Shaki Ness wednesday when two 5.1 aftershocks rocked the hangar he was visit ing. Afterwards he announced that the government will provide $45 million for immediate Highway repairs and that the Small business administration will offer $239 million in Low interest Loans. We re going to do our very Best to make it easy and accessible Clinton said. " others counselled patience. Even though you May think you Are not going to get anything sign up be cause there May be a program later developed. That will provide you with help state insurance commissioner John Garamendi said. Help came through for Sharon Adams. Rescuers used a huge Crane to Pluck her motor Home from its precarious spot atop a Road to nowhere an overpass of interstate 5 sheared off on both ends sup ported Only by wobbly pillars. I can t believe it there s hardly a scratch on it said Adams who was on her Way from her Home in Reno nev., to an Arizona vacation when the quake hit. Geologists Fry to find fault that gave la. The shakes faults under los Angeles Sanga melons. Santa Monica mans. Pacific Ocean los Angeles a underneath Thi City s skyscrapers Hillside Homes bungalows and boardwalks the area is Laid out like a 3-d geological Jigsaw Puzzle. Its hundreds of pieces ranging from a few Hundred feet to tens of Miles across Jostle for position As monstrous chunks of the Earth push together. That s Why geologists like James f. Dolan at the California Institute of technology Are hav ing so much trouble figuring out precisely what happened in monday s 6.6-magnitude Earth quake and what that Means for the future. But they re coming closer every hour. By air and by foot Dolan and his colleague this week found clues in a gaping Hole at Balboa Boulevard Dolan found a Gas line compacted like an accordion yet perfectly straight. The quake whose epicentre was below nearby Northridge moved North to South in the pipe s exact direction. On Amestoy Avenue Dolan found Cindy Carter s House a foot closer to Harold o Hal Lorn s across the Street. The Street lies on a half mile crack that was the quake s Only sur face appearance. Ground Zero Dolan Callist. South of the Valley in West los Angeles colleagues examined three fallen sections of the nation s busiest freeway directly Over what used to be la Cienega swamp. Developers paved it Over 75 years ago leaving a wet glob of soil under the neighbourhood. The extensive freeway damage could be explained by the soil underneath the scientists said. Some soils and rocks Are better than others at amplifying damping or . Altogether the extent of the damage from monday s quake reinforced scientists belie that a quake not nearly As powerful As the Long feared big one could be catastrophic. The Earth s crust is made of vast pieces called  basically metropolitan los Angeles situated at a Bend in the Border Between the Pacific plate to the South and the North american plate to the North was crushed. On average los Angeles is being compacted North South at a rate of about a half Inch a year. What Dolan must do is under stand How the abrupt deadly shaking monday is related to the Pacific plate s Long and slow journey 2 inches a year past los Angeles toward Alaska. Scientists have tentatively Sherman Oaks san Fernando Valley Cross sectional View source California Institute of technology a Karl Tate blamed monday s quake on the Frew fault. It starts 15 Miles underneath the san Fernando Val Ley and runs 10 to 15 Miles toward the san Gabriel mountains. On tuesday when aftershocks hit As far As 100 Miles North of the initial temblor scientists also began to line up other suspects faults directly below the san Gabriel mountains. Scientists have said there is a 60 percent Chance that the big one a catastrophic quake of 8 or More on the Richter scale will occur within 30 years on the huge san Andreas fault in the desert East of los Angeles