Just to clarify, I was referring to Chili, not California. And yes, it was 1960, not 1962.
Oh come on sys! You said in this area as in meaning California because Chile is not even in the same area as California.
You got caught blowing smoke up peoples ass's and you wont admit it!
syscom3 said:The largest quake in California was estimated in the "mid" 8's" at Fort Tejon. But that was in 1857 and it is an estimation for obvious reasons.
Yeap and that is just an estimate. The amount of fault slip gives this Earthquake a magnitude of 7.9.
The Largest recorded in Cali was the 1906 San Fran Earthquake and it was between 7.7 and 8.3 however the most widely accepted magnitude is 7.8.
The strongest Earthquake believed to have happened in California was the Lone Pine earthquake of 1872 and was estimated to be aprox. 8 to 8.1 on the richter scale.