1838 San Andreas earthquake

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The 1838 San Andreas earthquake, although it was a severe quake whose epicenter may have been in Santa Cruz County, was not well-documented here because it came after record-keeping at Mission Santa Cruz ended following its secularization in 1833-34. The quake probably accelerated the destruction of mission structures that continued with the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake.

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