Friday's quake had an epicenter about two miles from a mapped strand of the Newport-Inglewood fault, which was responsible for the deadly 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
The quake hit at 12:19 a.m. Friday in Compton near the corner of Compton Boulevard and Alameda Street. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the temblor was felt from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley.
The quake had an epicenter about two miles from a mapped strand of the Newport-Inglewood fault, which was responsible for the deadly 1933 Long Beach earthquake. That earthquake, estimated to be magnitude 6.4, caused 120 deaths, including 52 in Long Beach and 17 in Compton.
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