I am no expert on earthquakes but Los Angeles has had a major quake about every 20 years. Following is a list of quakes in the Los Angeles region that was collected by Wikipedia. I have bolded those that were major shakers in Long Beach, Inglewood, West Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley.
My unscientific evaluation is that we are due for another major shaker NOW.
Are you ready?
| Year | Date | Area | Magnitude | Title |
| 1769 | July 28 | Santa Ana River | 6.5-7.0 | Portola Expedition earthquake |
| 1812 | December 8 | Wrightwood | 6.9-7.5 | 1812 Wrightwood earthquake |
| 1857 | January 9 | Parkfield–Wrightwood | 7.9 | 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake |
| 1933 | March 10 | Long Beach | 6.4 | 1933 Long Beach earthquake |
| 1947 | April 10 | near Barstow | 6.5 | 1947 Manix earthquake |
| 1948 | December 4 | near Desert Hot Springs | 6.0 | 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake |
| 1952 | July 21 | Kern County | 7.3-7.5 | 1952 Kern County earthquake |
| 1971 | February 9 | San Fernando | 6.6 | 1971 San Fernando earthquake |
| 1986 | July 8 | North Palm Springs | 6.0 | 1986 North Palm Springsearthquake |
| 1987 | October 1 | Whittier Narrows | 5.9 | 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake |
| 1991 | June 28 | Sierra Madre | 5.6 | 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake |
| 1994 | January 17 | Northridge | 6.7 | 1994 Northridge earthquake |
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