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The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 a.m. (Pacific time) on January 9 in central and Southern California.One of the largest recorded earthquakes in the United States, [6] 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 km), between Parkfield and Wrightwood.
The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 AM (Pacific time) on January 9, 1857. It ruptured the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 350 kilometers (220 mi), between Parkfield and San Bernardino .
Early studies indicated the earthquake was on the Newport-Inglewood fault, but a later study in 2002 indicated the San Andreas fault was the cause. Other faults have been suggested, but the San Andreas fault is considered the most likely fault. Around 40 people died, and the magnitude ranged from 6.9-7.5. [32]
This section of the San Andreas, located near the tiny central Californian town of Parkfield, last shook back in 2004. ... 9 earthquake. The fault line absolutely devastated San Francisco back in ...
In Southern California, the last major earthquake on the San Andreas fault was in 1857, estimated at somewhere around a magnitude 7.8. But even moderate quakes along the Puente Hills thrust fault ...
The authors of the paper discovered that large earthquakes along the fault usually occurred when Lake Cahuilla was filling up or was full of water from the Colorado River in the Coachella and ...
January 9, 1857 16:24 Fort Tejon, California, United States (San Andreas Fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood) 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake: 1 7.9 M (Grant and Sieh, 1993; Stein and Hanks, 1998) USGS December 16, 1857 21:00 Naples, Italy 1857 Basilicata earthquake: 40.3 16 11,000 6.9 M I: USGS February 16, 1861 Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia)
The southern section of California’s San Andreas fault hasn’t experienced a major earthquake in 300 years, and is around a century overdo for a “big one.”