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RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR TODAY'S 6.0 EARTHQUAKE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE QUAKE OCCURRED ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT, 9 MILES BELOW THE SURFACE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF THE SMALL TOWN OF PARKFIELD AT ABOUT 10:15 A.M. SEISMOLOGISTS PREDICTED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, THAT AN EARTHQUAKE WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE PARK FIELD AREA BY 1993 AT A MAGNITUDE OF ABOUT 6. SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT AREA OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT HAS BEEN PRODUCING EARTHQUAKES OF THAT SIZE 1857. THE EVENT OCCURRENCE AVERAGES ABOUT EVERY 22 YEARS. THIS QUAKE WAS REPORTEDLY FELT FROM SACRAMENTO TO SANTA ANA .