EARTHQUAKE / THE LONG ROAD BACK : Damage Report
Here are some facts and figures on Monday’s magnitude 6.6 earthquake:
* DEATHS: 47
* AFTERSHOCKS: Since Monday’s 6.6 temblor, there have been two aftershocks measuring 5.1; 19 measuring 4.0 to 5.0; and 143 in the 3.0 to 3.9 range. There have been about 1,000 aftershocks of magnitude 3.0 or less.
* DAMAGE: Earthquake damage costs could range from $15 billion to $30 billion, Gov. Pete Wilson estimated, making it the most expensive natural disaster in California history. Losses suffered in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area totaled about $7 billion.
* INJURIES: More than 2,300 people were treated and released at hospitals; about 530 were admitted for care.
* CURFEW: The need for an 11 p.m.-to-dawn curfew for Los Angeles will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.
* ARRESTS: The Los Angeles Police Department took 128 people into custody in a 48-hour period. Most were general arrests and not for curfew violations or looting. On a typical day, there would be about 550 arrests.
* HOMELESS: About 4,700 people stayed in 24 American Red Cross shelters overnight, hundreds more reportedly stayed in Salvation Army shelters and thousands camped out in tents and parks. An additional 700 people reportedly camped out overnight outside a Red Cross shelter in San Fernando.
* NATIONAL GUARD: A total of 2,579 National Guard troops have been mobilized. Currently, the National Guard has committed more than 1,000 soldiers--in day and night shifts of 500--conducting security patrols at shopping malls and selected sites in quake-ravaged areas. That is in addition to continuing National Guard humanitarian and aviation support missions.
* UTILITIES: 20,000 Southern California Gas Co. customers were without service. The Department of Water and Power is trying to restore power to 60,000 customers in the San Fernando Valley; 40,000 customers remain without water. Brownouts were concentrated in Granada Hills, Northridge, Chatsworth, Tarzana, Canoga Park, Porter Ranch, Sylmar and North Hollywood.
* TRANSIT: At least 1,200 commuters piled onto Metrolink commuter trains in Santa Clarita rather than brave numerous freeway detours. That is more than twice the usual number of riders on the new commuter rail line.
* SCHOOLS: More than 200 school buildings have been seriously damaged or destroyed. All Los Angeles Unified District schools will be closed today. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles reports that 93% of its schools will be open. L.A. Mission College will be closed through Monday. UCLA resumes general classes today.
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