4/94Ratio of the force of the Armenian earthquake to that of the Los Angeles earthquake: 1:1

Earthquake Engineering Research Center (Richmond, Calif.)/Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (Oakland, Calif.)

11/94Federal emergency funds sent to Los Angeles-area residents after the January earthquake: $1,143,847,218.50

Federal Emergency Management Agency (Los Angeles)

    Amount returned to the government since then: $13,000,000

Federal Emergency Management Agency (Los Angeles)

1/85Number of pedestrians issued summonses for jaywalking in New York City in 1983: 517

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    In Los Angeles: 40,747

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10/89Number of bystanders shot in Los Angeles in 1986: 10

Lawrence W. Sherman, University of Maryland (College Park)

    In 1988: 77

Lawrence W. Sherman, University of Maryland (College Park)

8/84Gang-related homicides in New York City in 1983: 6

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    In Los Angeles: 123

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