The Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994

Actions taken

• First response completed within 36 hours

• Federal personnel increased from 125 to 9,200 within two weeks, representing 16 federal agencies

• Local and state personnel participated from 55 of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County, three counties in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region, administrative departments from the State of California, and business, religious, educational and voluntary associations from the Southern California Region

• A total of 384 organizations participated in disaster operations in the twenty-one day period following the earthquake.