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1933 Long Beach earthquake

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1933 Long Beach earthquake


1933 Long Beach earthquake is located in California

The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, 1933 at 17:55 (5:55 P.M.) PST (March 11, 01:55 UTC), with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost. Many of these fatalities occurred as people ran out of buildings and were hit by falling debris.

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