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1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
The
1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
occurred at about 8:20 am (
Pacific time
) on January 9, 1857, in
central
and
Southern California
. With an estimated
moment magnitude
of 7.9, it ruptured the southern part of the
San Andreas Fault
for a length of about 225 miles (350 kilometers), between
Parkfield
and
Wrightwood
. The earthquake was felt throughout much of California, as far north as the city of
Marysville
and as far south as the mouth of the
Colorado River
at the
Gulf of California
in
Mexico
, and as far east as
Las Vegas, Nevada
.
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