1933 Long Beach earthquake
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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. T
Damage to the John Muir School, Pacific Avenue, Long Beach
Damaged buildings throughout Long Beach
Compton Union High School
Compton Junior High School
An unreinforced masonry building is a type of building where load bearing walls, non-load bearing walls or other structures, such as chimneys, are made of brick, cinderblock, tiles, adobe or other mas
1933 Long Beach earthquake
…incurred the most severe damage. Within seconds, 120 schools within the Long Beach area were damaged, 70 of which were destroyed. It was recognized that unreinforced masonry bearing walls were the reason that school buildings suffered so much damage. On March 20, 2008, a Los Angeles Times article stated that "the 1933 quake…
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