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An article from the New Yorker0 states that the strongest earthquake that can be caused by the San Andreas fault has a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale. It also states that this is only 6% as strong as the 2011 Japan earthquake, with a magnitude of 9.0. Verify this information.

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