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The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at 5:54 P.M. PST south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. [10] The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 Mw, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ).
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the Ms scale and 6.6 on the Mw scale, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
The last major quake on that fault occurred in 1933 — the magnitude 6.4 Long Beach earthquake. The 1933 quake left nearly 120 dead and caused $40 million in property damage.
Map shows epicenter of magnitude 2.6 earthquake in Orange County on June 5, 2024. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in weak shaking in Orange County ...
1952 Kern County earthquake. / 34.86; -119.10. The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time (11:52 UTC ), killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.
California's approach to seismic safety, particularly in schools, ramped up significantly after the deadly March 10, 1933, earthquake in Long Beach. ... 1933, earthquake in Long Beach.
In 1933, the Long Beach earthquake occurred in a populated area and damaged or destroyed many public school buildings in Long Beach and Los Angeles. Some decades later, the San Fernando earthquake affected the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles with heavy damage to several hospitals. In both cases, the perception of California policy ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation's second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of ...