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The major damage occurred in the thickly settled district from Long Beach to the industrial section south of Los Angeles, where unfavorable geological conditions (made land, water-soaked Alluvium ) combined with poor structural work to increase the damage. At Long Beach, buildings collapsed, tanks fell through roofs, and houses displaced on foundations. School buildings were among those structures most generally and severely damaged. The earthquake eliminated all doubts regarding the need for earthquake resistant design for structures in California. So many school buildings were damaged that, a month after the earthquake, the Field Act was passed by the California State Legislature . The Field Act mandated that school buildings must be earthquake-resistant. If the earthquake had occurred during school hours, the death toll would have been much higher. EXTERNAL LINKS
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