Damage to the area directly surrounding the epicenter was severe . Roads were buckled , buildings and chimneys collapsed . There were also large surface fissures . To the west in the Los Angeles Basin damage was much less severe . The majority of damage in the Los Angeles area involved items which had fallen off shelves . Unlike the 1994 Northridge earthquake nineteen and a half months later , no freeway bridges collapsed because of the epicenter 's remote location . Electricity was disabled to thousands of residents , but was generally restored within two to three hours . There was also some damage to homes from water displaced from swimming pools
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
1992 Landers earthquake