The 7.9 <span about="#mwt101" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwmQ" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt101">w</sub><span about="#mwt101" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt101" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwmg" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857_Fort_Tejon_earthquake" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1857 Fort Tejon earthquake">Fort Tejon earthquake</a> shakes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_California" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central California">Central</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Southern California">Southern California</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (<i id="mwnw">Violent</i>).<sup about="#mwt105" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_9#cite_note-18" id="mwoA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwoQ">[18]</span></a></sup>
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