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    Robin Abcarian: Every California family has an earthquake story. Mine is embarrassing but true

    by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Jul 10, 2019 3 minutes

    Every Californian who makes it through an earthquake unscathed has a favorite story.

    Mine is a family story. It stems from the deadly Sylmar earthquake, which struck Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 1971.

    I was 15 years old, a sophomore at Cleveland High School, the second of four kids. This was before everybody's parents started getting divorced, so our family of six was still intact.

    We were all asleep in Northridge when the magnitude 6.6 temblor began at 6 a.m.

    My older sister and

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