Do you recall the quake which knocked down the walls of the parking garage at Cal State Northridge? I believe that was during the Landers quake, although it is possible that it happened during the Northridge quake.
There was a female student just getting out of her car when the walls fell on her. Very sad.
Perhaps tumbled is inaccurate, more like skidded feet first. I sustained no real injuries. But I do remember how our neighborhood (in the Miracle Mile) rallied together and the Widow next door spent three days with us. She had worked at Paramount and had a massive video collection, so it was a fair bargain!
Yes, it was the Northridge quake which tumbled down that parking garage. There was also an apartment building near campus that went from 3 stories high to 2. The first floor was completely smashed. Several people died in there, including students.
I was going to school there then and many buildings on campus were damaged. They had to bring in trailers and other temporary structures to hold classes in. Spring semester was a few weeks delayed in starting, and so was my graduation. I thought for sure that they'd close the campus down for several months and that I wouldn't be able to graduate until then end of fall! Amazing, actually, that they pulled it off so soon!
That was the '87 Whittier Narrows quake, and it was Cal State L.A. I lived in Whittier and was on my way to the same school for a morning class, and always parked in that same lot, which was in the back of the school. It gave me a really creepy feeling, death hitting so close to home.