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A 3.1-magnitude earthquake strikes near Compton
The USGS said the quake produced weak shaking across the Los Angeles metro area, with 95 online reports of light tremors.
- On Thursday, a magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck southern Los Angeles County at 1:32 p.m., with its epicenter roughly 2.2 miles south-southeast of Compton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
- The tremor occurred near the Newport-Inglewood fault, an area that experienced a swarm of over 100 small earthquakes over the weekend, according to seismologist Lucy Jones.
- While 95 online reports indicated residents felt weak shaking, officials reported no immediate injuries or damages across the Los Angeles metro area including South Gate and Bellflower.
- The Newport-Inglewood fault ruptured in 1933, killing 120 people, and a 2017 study found the fault could be more dangerous than previously believed.
- Seismologist Lucy Jones noted a similar swarm occurred in 2021, writing that such activity represents "part of the gradual coalescing of a fault over hundreds of thousands of years.
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نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. A preliminary magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck the Greater Los Angeles area Thursday afternoon. The quake was reported at approximately 1:32 p.m. local time, with the epicenter about 21 kilometers south-southeast of Los Angeles and roughly 11 kilometers north-northwest of Long Beach. Preliminary data placed the earthquake at a depth of about 1…
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