The Van Norman Dams, also known as the San Fernando Dams, were the terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, supplying about 80 percent of Los Angeles' water, [5] until they were …

Feb 9, 1971 · The LSFD was a hydraulic and rolled fill dam constructed beginning in 1912 at the northeast corner of the San Fernando Valley near Granada Hills. At the time of design and …

"The well-documented field performance case histories of the Lower San Fernando Dam (LSFD) and the Upper San Fernando Dam (USFD) during the February 9, 1971 San Fernando …

The San Fernando earthquake was the first to record more than 1-g of acceleration in a horizontal direction, which happened on a seismograph at the abutment of Pacoima Dam. Before that …

Visit our Story Map: Remembering the San Fernando Earthquake of 1971 to see then-and-now photos, and to learn more about the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act, one of four …

Feb 9, 2017 · Forty-six years ago today, the possibility of such a sudden dam burst was the hair-raising fear, in the chaos and devastation following the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck …

Severe damage of the dam during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake forced residents to evacuate homes in a 6-mile-long area down the valley. The reservoir was the terminus of the …

Feb 22, 2024 · A finite difference method (FDM) to material point method (MPM) transitioning model is applied to the well-known case study of the Lower San Fernando Dam (LSFD) failure …

Feb 4, 1996 · But at 42 seconds after 6 a.m. on a Tuesday morning 25 years ago this week, Feb. 9, 1971, the Sylmar-San Fernando earthquake hit the Valley and other parts of Greater Los …

This aerial view shows how the crest of the dam disappeared under the reservoir as a result of the slide in the upstream shell. The slide occurred shortly after earthquake shaking ended, and …