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The Long Beach earthquake, estimated magnitude 6.25 Ms, occurred at 5:55 p.m., March 10, 1933.

  • Brick buildings with unreinforced masonry walls, including many school buildings failed catastrophically.
  • 120 people died in the quake in Los Angeles County, largely from collapsed buildings or falling debris.
  • "My mother, pictured in the foreground, sustained little or no structural damage."
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Source Long Beach, California Earthquake
Author Nathan Callahan from Southern California, USA

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