Los Angeles Safer From Major Quakes Even With Mixed Retrofitting Success, Expert Says

While Los Angeles dodged widespread death and destruction when an earthquake struck far outside the city on Thursday – an earthquake similar in strength to the 6.7-magnitude earthquake of 1994 that hit Northridge, California, the strongest and costliest ever recorded in a North American urban area – it still caused significant damage despite a quarter century of efforts to retrofit buildings, according to a leading expert.