Whittier Earthquake

It was early morning in 1987 when suddenly Whittier was hit with a an earthquake of a magnitude of 5.9.  This occurred on Oct. 1, 1987.  Whittier was in great shock, many homes were destroyed.  The epicenter was in Whittier Narrows.  The bad thing was that only a couple of days later there was another earthquake that hit Whittier.  The magnitude of this earthquake was of 5.6.  Only a hand full of people died, but there were hundreds that were injured.  The damages went into the 9 digit mark.  The earthquake actually hit in Whittier Narrows, the North part of Whittier.  In Uptown Whittier, there where man businesses that were damaged.  Many people until this day remember that earthquake and are still scared of what happened during that first week of October 1987.