print email comment close The Los Angeles Dam Story URL: http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/LADamStory/ Description: Illustrated description of structural engineering behind the near-failure of the Lower San Fernando Dam during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake (magnitude 6.7) and the replacement dam (the Los Angeles Dam), which in 1994 "survived an almost identical earthquake with little damage." From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program. Author: Prescott, Will Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) LII Database Information: Record 25352 created by Jennifer English on 01/28/2008 Last modification on 02/07/2008 Published: 02/07/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25352