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Old Town

1933 Earthquake in Seal Beach

May 7, 2024 by sbhistory

William Taylor – Oral History – interviewed by Libby Appelgate  William Taylor was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1918.  In 1924 his father brought the family to Seal Beach so he could work in the oil fields on Signal Hill. When earthquake hit Seal Beach on March 10, 1933 at a magnitude of 6.4 at … Read more

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