There was literally an earthquake in LA when Brad and Angelina broke up

This news is shaking the world.
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There was literally an earthquake in LA when Brad and Angelina broke up
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News of Brad Pitt and Angelina's divorce is shaking up the world...literally.

On Tuesday morning, around the same time reports of the power couple calling it quits started surfacing online, a 3.2 magnitude earthquake just so happened to occur 3km NNE of Gardena, California.

Now while we're all aware the news of Brangelina's split did not physically shake the Earth, the coincidental timing of the two disasters certainly didn't stop people from drawing parallels.


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Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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