Photos: On this Day, June 28, 1992 – Two big quakes rock California
June 28, 2013
June 28, 1992: Seismographic needle at the California Institute of Technology registers the 7.3 Yucca Valley quake. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Highway 247 was severely damaged when Sunday's first earthquake struck the Yucca Valley area. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Most of this Yucca Valley Circle K's merchandise remained on the floor Monday after the earthquakes hit early Sunday morning. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Bicyclists ride by Davino's Spaghetti and Steak House in Big Bear, which was one of many local structures damaged by Sunday's quake. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Tony Chavez, left, and Skip Smith of Southern California Edison reposition power lines over the intersection of 10th Street West and Avenue H-12 in Lancaster, after Sunday morning's two powerful earthquakes shook the lines off their poles. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Dennis Morrison searches for his keys in the ashes of a fire-gutted trailer in Flamingo, CA. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: John Tolliver, with skateboard, looks over what remains of Monument Market in Joshua Tree. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: A firefighter hoses down a fire started by fallen electrical wires on Etiwanda near Sherman Way in Reseda on Sunday morning. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Mike Leonard of Flamingo, CA, takes a breather from shoveling soil on a road to fill cracks that appeared during Sunday's quakes. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Firefighter Phil Clark of station 90 clips downed electrical lines at the corner of Woodley and Vanowen in Van Nuys after Sunday's quake. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Volunteer Sally Ehrheart shows stranded motorists Paul Bowers, left, and Charlie Painter the roads that were closed in the mountains. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: A Caltrans skiploader clears boulders and rocks Sunday off Highway 18 leading into Big Bear. Daily News file photo
June 1992: Jerry Gobrogge and his daughter Sara came out to survey the damage to Gobrogge's Yucca Bowl bowling alley. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: The road collapsed under Rusty Kilkenny's truck in Flamingo. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Yucca Valley road damage. Daily News file photo
June 28, 1992: Patty Browner cleans up her ravaged store, Backstreet West Second Chance Boutique, on Sunday in Yucca Valley. Daily News file photo
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