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It has thousands of active faults running through the city. But Los Angeles doesn't get too many earthquakes. The last earthquake to be diretly in Los Angeles County, that was moderate, was a 5.5 on 7/29/08. Los Angeles does feel earthquakes from other parts of California and Mexico. The last time this happened was a 7.2 in Baja California, that most of Los Angeles felt.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoLos Angeles has lots of earthquakes because it is located near a transform boundary. Transform boundaries form when one tectonic plate grinds past another plate causing earthquakes along the boundary.
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∙ 14y agoBecause it is located close to the edge of the continental plate, which is close to the Pacific plate.
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