1857 Fort Tejon earthquake

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1857_Fort_Tejon_earthquake
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Southern_California
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fort_Tejon_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.9
gptkbp:casualties 2
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1857-01-09
gptkbp:destroyedBy severe in Fort Tejon area
gptkbp:duration 1–2 minutes
gptkbp:epicenter near Parkfield, California
gptkbp:fault gptkb:San_Andreas_Fault
gptkbp:feltIn gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:Sacramento
gptkb:San_Francisco
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
gptkbp:maximumIntensity XI (Extreme)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Fort_Tejon
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1852_San_Juan_Capistrano_earthquake
gptkbp:ruptureLength ~350 km
gptkbp:significance one of the largest earthquakes in California history
gptkbp:state gptkb:California
gptkbp:surfaceRupture visible
gptkbp:tsunami no
gptkbp:type strike-slip
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:San_Andreas_Fault_zone
gptkb:San_Andreas_Fault
gptkb:Earthquake_of_1857
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6