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A look at the website’s statistics finds some interesting historical temblors, too, including an 1857 quake that took place northwest of Bakersfield, Calif., along the San Andreas Fault. Known as the Fort Tejon Earthquake, the magnitude-7.9 quake caused buildings to collapse, trees to sink into the ground and multiple rivers to overflow.