Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, 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. View of a Methodist Episcopal Church heavily damaged during the Long Beach earthquake. The stairways are filled with building rubble and the roof is destroyed. A sign to the left of the doorway reads "...Methodist Episcopal Church..."A sign above the doorway reads "'The Rock,' Powerful Bible Drama, Here Sunday Evening Mar. 12 - 7:30 pm. And a painted sing on the low retaining wall at the corner reads "E. 11th St." Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2145 ark:/21198/zz002dd2xc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 Earthquakes--California Earthquake damage--California Churches--California
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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