What the records say
- When
- 9 Jan 1857
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 35.72° N, 120.32° W
- Deaths
- 2
- Intensity mmi
- 7
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
5 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das starke Fort-Tejon-Erdbeben erschüttert große Teile Kaliforniens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en California se registra un fuerte terremoto de 7,9”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزال فورت تيجون بقوة 7.9 MW يضرب وسط كاليفورنيا وكاليفورنيا الجنوبية وأعلي درجة بمقياس ميركالي IX (عنيفة)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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