5.4 Quake hits SoCal (July 29, 2008)

[One Radical Dude]

Originally Posted by Sparky

When I was in college we had an earthquake that cracked the building I was in in half (vertically). It cracked after we had been evacuated, I guess it was trying to settle. I believe it was a 6.7 or 6.9. It was weird going back to live in a dorm with a visible crack running down the walls in the main hallway...

I'm guessing that was 1994 and the Northridge earthquake; am I right? I believe that was the last significant quake to hit somewhere near LA.