On Jan. 9, 1857, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake rattled Fort Tejon, with shaking felt as far south as San Diego and as far east as Nevada. The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred on the San Andreas fault, which ruptured from near Parkfield (in the Cholame Valley) almost to Wrightwood (a distance of about 190 miles, according to the United States Geological ...

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