Light LA quake rattles Compton on Newport-Inglewood fault
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A magnitude-3.2 earthquake struck near Compton early Sunday, delivering light shaking across southern Los Angeles. The epicenter was about three miles south-southeast of Compton at a depth of roughly eight miles, with people feeling it as far as Santa Clarita; no damage was reported. The event occurred on the Newport-Inglewood Fault, a major urban fault that has produced significant earthquakes in the past, highlighting ongoing seismic risk in the region.
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