California
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...until 1869. In the meantime communication and transportation depended...greatly after the great earthquake and fire of 1906. Improvements...flooding and brushfires, earthquakes have caused widespread damage...In Oct., 1989, a major earthquake killed about 60 people and...area. In Jan., 1994, an earthquake hit the Northridge area...