Timeline of repairs and legislative changes

Jan. 18, 1994: About 8,000 homes in Simi Valley without running water. Jan. 19, 1994: President Bill Clinton tours earthquake-stricken areas of Los Angeles and promises full support.

Jan. 20, 1994: Electricity is restored to nearly all parts of Los Angeles. Jan. 22, 1994: LAUSD resumes in-person classes at many locations. Jan. 26, 1994: A detour around the damaged section of the 5 Freeway opens to traffic with about half the capacity of the freeway itself.

March, 1994: More than 200 cases of Valley fever are reported as a result of fungus carried in dust created by earthquake lands.

April, 1994: Repairs of the 10 Freeway are finished.

May 6, 1994: Repairs of the 5 Freeway 33 are finished.

June, 1994: California voters reject an earthquake recovery bond.

September, 1994: SB 1953 is signed into law requiring all hospitals to be seismically retrofitted or replaced with earthquake-safe structures.

1996: California Earthquake Authority is created to provide earthquake insurance coverage for homes.

January, 1997: Approximately 13,800 housing units are repaired, roughly three-quarters of all damaged units.

November 1997: A plan to replace the L.A. County-USC Medical Center with a new 600-bed facility is approved.

2008: The annual earthquake drill, the GreatShakeOut began.

2015: The City of L.A. passed a retrofit ordinance aimed at saving lives during major earthquakes inside the city's most vulnerable buildings.

2019: The city of Los Angeles launched a mobile application that alerts Angelenos of earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater.