On the morning of June 29, 1925, an earthquake measuring between 6.5 and 6.8 on the Richter scale destroyed a great deal of downtown Santa Barbara and killed about a dozen people.
Despite the large-scale damage, many of the details about the quake remain unknown 100 years later.
As we prepare for the so-called “Big One,” Los Angeles Times reporter Ron Lin wrote about the valuable lessons we can still learn from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake. Lin joined host Lisa McRee on “LA Times Today.”…