5.3 VIII 1964 March 27 Crescent City disaster . A series of tsunamis generated by Alaska's Good Friday Earthquake reaches this northern California town and wipes out the main business district, killing 11 in the city and one man in the nearby Klamath River. Some California politicians, including Governor Reagan, arrange to be out of the state on this day. The quake hits early in the morning, before rush hour. 65 people die, mostly in a newly constructed Veteran's Hospital.
Freeway overpasses collapse.
Half a billion dollars in damage. Several buildings in this Central Valley town collapse. October 1 Whittier Narrows Earthquake . Los Angeles area residents are shaken up by a relatively moderate quake which does some damage in the city of Whittier. Witnesses in skyscrapers report heavy shaking.