In the San Francisco Bay Area,during the nineteenth century,earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 6 were much less common than in the 20^th century.

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This statement is false. In fact, there were large earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 6 in the 19th century, such as the 1868 Hayward earthquake and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, both of which had magnitudes above 7. It is true, however, that the frequency and intensity of earthquakes in the Bay Area have increased in the 20th and 21st centuries due to tectonic activity along the San Andreas Fault.

In the San Francisco Bay Area,during the Nineteenth Century,earthquakes with Magnitudes