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==Earth sciences== * January 9 – The 7.9 {{M|w}} [[1857 Fort Tejon earthquake|Fort Tejon earthquake]] shakes [[Central California|Central]] and [[Southern California]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). The event, which involves slip on the southern segment of the [[San Andreas Fault]], leaves two people dead. * [[Friedrich Albert Fallou]] publishes ''Anfangsgründe der Bodenkunde'' [First Principles of Soil Science], laying the foundations for the modern study of [[soil science]].
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