The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead.

The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at 5:54 P.M. PST south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 M_w, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Damage to buildings was widespread throughout Southern California. It resulted in 115 to 120 fatalities and an estimated $40 million worth of property damage, equivalent to $972 million in 2024. The majority of the fatalities resulted from people running out of buildings exposing themselves to the falling debris.

Greater Los Angeles or Southland, is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County at its center, and Orange County to the southeast. The Los Angeles–Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA) covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km²), making it the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area. The contiguous urban area is 2,281 square miles (5,910 km²), whereas the remainder mostly consists of mountain and desert areas. With an estimated population of almost 18.6 million, it is the second-largest metropolitan area in the country, behind New York, as well as one of the largest megacities in the world.

March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 296 days remain until the end of the year.