A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck near the city of Compton early Sunday morning, delivering light shaking to the southern Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n
The temblor jolted the area at 12:13 a.m., with an epicenter about three miles south-southeast of Compton. People reported feeling shaking as far away as Santa Clarita, according to the United States Geological Survey. No damage or accidents were reported.<\/p>\n
It occurred about eight miles beneath the Earth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n
The epicenter near Compton sits directly over the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone, one of Southern California\u2019s most prominent urban fault lines, running from Culver City southeast through Compton, Long Beach and south into Orange County. <\/p>\n
The devastating Long Beach earthquake of 1933, magnitude 6.4, occurred along this fault line, tearing through a 15-mile corridor that included Long Beach and Compton.<\/p>\n
That earthquake caused 120 deaths.<\/p>\n
The fault line is one of Southern California\u2019s top seismic danger zones because it runs under dense and crowded areas. <\/p>\n
Nearly 1,100 people reported feeling Sunday\u2019s quake, according to the USGS.<\/p>\n
A 2017 study found that earthquakes on the fault centuries ago were so powerful that they caused a portion of Seal Beach near the Orange County coast to fall more than a foot<\/a> in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n