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The chance of earthquake damage in 90040 Zip Code is much higher than California average and is much higher than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in 90040 Zip Code is higher than California average and is much lower than the national average.

Topics:Earthquake Index Volcano Index Tornado Index Other Weather Extremes Events Volcanos Nearby Historical Earthquake Events Historical Tornado Events

Earthquake Index, #373

90040 Zip Code	45.75
California	21.80
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1589

90040 Zip Code	0.0000
California	0.0068
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #309

90040 Zip Code	40.12
California	18.56
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 669 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of 90040 Zip Code were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	0	Cold:	4	Dense Fog:	4	Drought:	26
Dust Storm:	5	Flood:	174	Hail:	33	Heat:	7	Heavy Snow:	1
High Surf:	4	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	0	Landslide:	1	Strong Wind:	98
Thunderstorm Winds:	83	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	66	Winter Storm:	1	Winter Weather:	1
Other:	161

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near 90040 Zip Code.

Historical Earthquake Events

A total of 221 historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near 90040 Zip Code.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Depth (km)	Latitude	Longitude
32.0	1971-02-09	6.4	8	34.41	-118.4
30.2	1933-03-11	6.3	N/A	33.58	-117.98
49.2	1973-02-21	5.9	8	34.1	-119
14.9	1933-10-02	5.4	N/A	33.78	-118.13
15.9	1941-11-14	5.4	16	33.78	-118.25
39.7	1970-09-12	5.4	8	34.27	-117.54
17.4	1933-03-13	5.3	N/A	33.75	-118.08
26.6	1930-08-31	5.3	N/A	33.9	-118.6
32.0	1971-02-09	5.3	8	34.41	-118.4
41.7	1938-05-31	5.3	N/A	33.68	-117.53
27.7	1971-02-09	5.2	6	34.31	-118.45
30.5	1979-01-01	5.1	11	33.95	-118.68
35.1	1952-08-23	5	N/A	34.5	-118.22
12.7	1941-10-22	4.9	16	33.82	-118.22
26.9	1933-03-15	4.9	N/A	33.62	-118.02
26.0	1971-02-09	4.8	14	34.34	-118.33
32.3	1977-08-12	4.8	10	34.38	-118.47
8.6	1929-07-08	4.7	N/A	34	-118
21.4	1940-10-11	4.7	N/A	33.78	-118.42
31.6	1982-05-25	4.7	14	33.54	-118.21
32.5	1971-02-21	4.7	7	34.4	-118.44
37.5	1948-03-01	4.7	16	34.17	-117.53
40.9	1956-01-03	4.7	N/A	33.75	-117.5
47.0	1948-04-16	4.7	16	34.02	-118.97
26.6	1978-04-29	4.6	5	33.83	-117.73
29.4	1971-03-31	4.6	2	34.29	-118.52
31.5	1965-01-01	4.6	N/A	34	-117.6
31.5	1965-02-25	4.6	N/A	34	-117.6
33.2	1963-09-14	4.6	N/A	33.54	-118.34
38.5	1976-04-08	4.6	15	34.35	-118.67
47.6	1963-07-26	4.6	19	34.03	-117.32
47.9	1956-02-07	4.6	N/A	34.58	-118.6
48.1	1984-10-26	4.6	13	34.02	-118.99
9.5	1944-06-19	4.5	N/A	33.87	-118.22
14.9	1939-12-27	4.5	N/A	33.78	-118.13
28.3	1979-10-17	4.5	6	33.9	-118.63
30.3	1971-03-07	4.5	3	34.35	-118.46
31.6	1971-02-21	4.5	7	34.39	-118.43
33.5	1971-02-10	4.5	6	34.43	-118.41
36.4	1969-10-27	4.5	N/A	33.55	-117.81
37.9	1965-04-15	4.5	N/A	34.1	-117.5
38.0	1965-07-16	4.5	N/A	34.4	-118.6
39.3	1969-05-05	4.5	N/A	34.3	-117.57
42.6	1936-02-23	4.5	10	34.12	-117.42
39.5	1970-09-13	4.4	8	34.28	-117.55
3.3	1933-10-25	4.3	N/A	33.95	-118.13
22.1	1963-08-22	4.3	N/A	33.7	-118
24.0	1961-10-20	4.3	N/A	33.67	-118
25.3	1961-10-20	4.3	N/A	33.65	-118
30.5	1971-02-10	4.3	5	34.41	-118.33
32.0	1971-02-10	4.3	10	34.4	-118.42
39.1	1969-02-28	4.3	N/A	34.56	-118.11
39.8	1969-02-28	4.3	N/A	34.57	-118.12
47.7	1951-09-22	4.3	12	34.12	-117.33
15.5	1976-01-01	4.2	6	33.97	-117.88
31.1	1971-04-15	4.2	4	34.27	-118.58
31.5	1971-03-25	4.2	5	34.36	-118.48
32.6	1971-04-01	4.2	7	34.41	-118.42
35.9	1971-02-09	4.2	1	34.46	-118.43
36.3	1977-09-24	4.2	5	34.47	-118.42
38.2	1979-10-19	4.2	7	34.2	-117.53
41.1	1983-01-08	4.2	8	34.13	-117.45
42.0	1971-06-22	4.2	8	33.75	-117.48
46.5	1982-04-13	4.2	17	34.05	-118.96
4.2	1950-01-11	4.1	1	33.95	-118.2
6.0	1941-01-30	4.1	16	33.97	-118.05
10.3	1967-06-15	4.1	N/A	33.99	-117.97
23.6	1961-10-20	4.1	N/A	33.67	-118.02
24.0	1961-10-20	4.1	N/A	33.67	-118
25.0	1961-10-04	4.1	N/A	33.85	-117.75
26.0	1971-02-09	4.1	11	34.34	-118.33
27.5	1971-03-30	4.1	3	34.3	-118.46
29.9	1979-01-01	4.1	2	33.95	-118.67
34.4	1946-02-24	4.1	16	34.4	-117.8
40.7	1970-09-12	4.1	8	34.27	-117.52
42.2	1960-06-28	4.1	N/A	34.13	-117.43
43.5	1965-07-16	4.1	N/A	34.1	-117.4
9.1	1933-11-13	4	N/A	33.87	-118.2
14.9	1933-11-20	4	N/A	33.78	-118.13
16.9	1933-05-16	4	N/A	33.75	-118.17
17.0	1933-08-04	4	N/A	33.75	-118.18
23.4	1961-11-20	4	N/A	33.68	-118
23.4	1961-11-20	4	N/A	33.68	-118
23.8	1961-10-20	4	N/A	33.68	-117.98
24.4	1961-10-20	4	N/A	33.67	-117.98
24.4	1961-10-20	4	N/A	33.67	-117.98
24.5	1936-08-22	4	16	33.77	-117.82
25.4	1964-08-30	4	N/A	34.25	-118.47
26.9	1933-10-02	4	N/A	33.62	-118.02
27.3	1971-02-10	4	1	34.37	-118.3
27.7	1971-04-25	4	2	34.37	-118.32
28.9	1971-06-21	4	4	34.27	-118.53
29.0	1971-02-09	4	12	34.36	-118.4
29.3	1971-04-02	4	3	34.28	-118.53
33.3	1941-04-11	4	16	33.9	-117.58
36.6	1984-02-27	4	6	33.47	-118.06
38.4	1982-12-30	4	N/A	33.96	-118.82
41.4	1978-08-11	4	4	34.15	-117.45
41.9	1941-03-25	4	16	34.22	-117.47
42.6	1936-02-26	4	10	34.12	-117.42
44.9	1943-10-24	4	16	33.93	-117.37
48.7	1973-02-22	4	17	34	-119
11.4	1933-04-29	3.9	N/A	33.83	-118.17
28.7	1971-02-09	3.9	7	34.3	-118.49
29.9	1980-09-09	3.9	5	33.58	-118.3
30.6	1971-02-09	3.9	7	34.35	-118.47
31.1	1971-03-07	3.9	5	34.38	-118.43
33.9	1976-10-17	3.9	15	34.45	-118.37
35.3	1981-07-29	3.9	1	33.8	-118.72
36.0	1971-02-15	3.9	13	34.47	-118.41
37.9	1979-08-28	3.9	9	34.42	-117.73
38.5	1981-06-12	3.9	15	34.36	-118.66
10.4	1983-03-01	3.8	6	33.94	-118.32
12.7	1975-01-13	3.8	N/A	33.82	-118.08
15.1	1941-10-22	3.8	16	33.78	-118.2
24.4	1961-10-20	3.8	N/A	33.67	-117.98
24.8	1978-09-03	3.8	6	33.95	-117.72
25.1	1960-08-20	3.8	N/A	33.68	-118.37
27.1	1976-11-22	3.8	2	33.95	-118.62
29.5	1971-02-14	3.8	1	34.3	-118.51
30.8	1967-01-08	3.8	N/A	33.6	-118.4
32.0	1971-02-09	3.8	8	34.41	-118.4
33.2	1960-02-24	3.8	N/A	34	-117.57
34.1	1972-02-25	3.8	13	34.43	-118.43
40.1	1961-11-13	3.8	N/A	34.02	-118.85
43.7	1960-08-21	3.8	N/A	34.18	-117.42
17.2	1971-03-02	3.7	12	33.93	-117.86
20.3	1984-10-15	3.7	2	33.7	-118.16
28.9	1971-02-20	3.7	6	34.26	-118.54
29.1	1967-02-21	3.7	N/A	33.8	-117.7
29.3	1973-08-20	3.7	8	34.4	-118.3
30.1	1979-01-01	3.7	6	33.93	-118.67
30.4	1964-02-08	3.7	N/A	34.2	-118.62
31.2	1971-03-28	3.7	6	34.36	-118.47
31.6	1979-03-05	3.7	13	33.95	-118.7
31.6	1979-01-02	3.7	6	33.95	-118.7
32.7	1979-01-15	3.7	10	33.97	-118.72
32.8	1972-02-02	3.7	12	34.41	-118.43
34.2	1947-10-13	3.7	N/A	33.85	-118.72
34.4	1973-01-27	3.7	8	34.4	-118.5
36.6	1981-07-30	3.7	2	33.79	-118.74
41.1	1965-10-10	3.7	N/A	34.13	-117.45
42.0	1966-09-02	3.7	N/A	34.11	-117.43
48.7	1973-03-17	3.7	8	34	-119
6.5	1948-02-20	3.6	16	33.92	-118.22
9.0	1948-05-24	3.6	16	33.92	-118.02
12.4	1971-01-05	3.6	8	34.04	-117.94
19.6	1948-07-18	3.6	16	34.07	-117.82
23.1	1959-08-23	3.6	N/A	34.13	-117.78
23.3	1950-01-19	3.6	16	33.75	-118.43
25.8	1966-12-26	3.6	N/A	33.99	-118.6
29.1	1973-10-23	3.6	8	33.8	-117.7
31.4	1973-09-24	3.6	8	34.4	-118.4
31.7	1972-02-08	3.6	9	34.4	-118.41
32.6	1972-10-21	3.6	9	34.41	-118.42
33.0	1969-06-22	3.6	N/A	33.92	-118.72
33.3	1971-05-01	3.6	5	34.43	-118.4
33.4	1983-01-28	3.6	13	33.94	-118.73
35.5	1978-10-29	3.6	3	34.32	-118.63
35.9	1981-07-30	3.6	8	33.8	-118.73
36.0	1985-10-31	3.6	3	34.47	-117.89
37.5	1973-12-28	3.6	17	33.6	-117.7
37.7	1970-09-12	3.6	8	34.22	-117.55
41.7	1967-10-14	3.6	N/A	34.13	-117.44
46.8	1983-12-29	3.6	8	34.17	-117.36
8.6	1936-03-01	3.5	16	33.98	-118.3
9.7	1933-08-29	3.5	N/A	33.87	-118.07
10.4	1966-10-02	3.5	N/A	33.97	-118.33
11.9	1945-02-06	3.5	16	33.95	-118.35
12.1	1950-05-13	3.5	16	33.88	-118.31
12.5	1932-01-31	3.5	16	33.88	-118.32
15.5	1970-03-01	3.5	8	33.98	-118.42
15.6	1941-08-10	3.5	16	34.02	-117.88
15.9	1973-03-21	3.5	9	33.8	-118.3
17.0	1933-10-05	3.5	N/A	33.77	-118.27
19.0	1978-06-04	3.5	6	33.92	-117.83
19.2	1966-06-13	3.5	N/A	33.75	-117.99
20.0	1959-08-03	3.5	N/A	34	-117.8
22.1	1932-10-21	3.5	16	33.7	-118.3
22.3	1943-10-29	3.5	16	33.78	-117.86
24.0	1961-10-21	3.5	N/A	33.67	-118
24.7	1961-10-20	3.5	N/A	33.67	-117.97
24.9	1941-06-04	3.5	16	33.75	-117.83
25.7	1961-10-21	3.5	N/A	33.67	-117.93
26.7	1971-02-25	3.5	2	34.34	-118.36
26.8	1971-02-17	3.5	5	34.36	-118.31
28.4	1981-02-27	3.5	16	34.17	-118.6
28.6	1941-11-10	3.5	16	33.6	-118
29.3	1971-06-01	3.5	17	34.37	-118.39
29.8	1971-02-24	3.5	3	34.4	-118.33
30.2	1971-02-16	3.5	13	34.29	-118.54
30.9	1936-09-08	3.5	16	33.57	-117.98
30.9	1941-12-23	3.5	15	33.57	-117.98
31.0	1972-11-25	3.5	8	34.02	-117.61
31.4	1973-02-05	3.5	8	34.4	-118.4
32.0	1971-02-09	3.5	8	34.41	-118.4
32.8	1983-04-16	3.5	6	34.35	-118.53
32.8	1971-02-21	3.5	6	34.4	-118.45
32.8	1971-12-24	3.5	8	34.41	-118.43
32.9	1969-04-13	3.5	N/A	33.54	-118.32
35.2	1967-01-08	3.5	N/A	33.5	-118.3
36.1	1967-07-12	3.5	N/A	34.49	-117.95
37.0	1967-01-08	3.5	N/A	33.5	-118.4
39.4	1970-09-12	3.5	8	34.26	-117.54
39.5	1969-10-14	3.5	N/A	34.33	-117.59
39.6	1971-07-02	3.5	8	34.25	-117.53
40.7	1971-10-10	3.5	8	33.74	-117.51
40.9	1965-02-19	3.5	N/A	34.18	-117.47
41.9	1972-10-08	3.5	8	34.22	-117.47
42.9	1941-02-20	3.5	16	34.52	-118.55
43.5	1973-04-11	3.5	8	34.1	-117.4
46.7	1965-10-31	3.5	N/A	34.22	-117.38
47.0	1948-04-17	3.5	16	34.02	-118.97
48.0	1941-12-01	3.5	16	33.3	-118.15
48.3	1941-09-13	3.5	16	33.83	-117.33
48.7	1973-03-16	3.5	8	34	-119
48.7	1973-03-05	3.5	8	34	-119
49.2	1973-03-28	3.5	8	34.1	-117.3
49.2	1967-02-18	3.5	N/A	34.1	-117.3
49.3	1946-04-19	3.5	16	33.88	-117.3
49.3	1946-05-12	3.5	16	33.88	-117.3

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 6 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near 90040 Zip Code.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
10.0	1966-11-07	2	33°51'N / 118°20'W	33°54'N / 118°10'W	10.30 Miles	50 Yards	0	10	250K	0	Los Angeles
10.8	1966-11-07	2	33°54'N / 118°18'W		0.10 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Los Angeles
11.2	1982-11-09	2	33°47'N / 118°12'W	33°53'N / 118°03'W	10.00 Miles	1300 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Los Angeles
12.0	1983-03-01	2	33°59'N / 118°22'W	34°03'N / 118°21'W	3.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	30	25.0M	0	Los Angeles
21.5	1982-11-09	2	34°11'N / 118°27'W		1.00 Mile	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Los Angeles
27.3	1966-11-07	2	33°39'N / 117°55'W		0.20 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Orange

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.