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5:12 AM - April 18, 1906. San Francisco City Hall after the 1906 Earthquake. (from Steinbrugge Collection of the UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Research Center) The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time.
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Many eyewitness accounts and photos of the 1906 disaster....
- Casualties and Damage
Dead - More than 3,000. A report of U.S. Army relief...
- 1906 Marked The Dawn of The Scientific Revolution
The 1906 earthquake marked the dawn of modern scientific...
- 1906 Earthquake Photos
Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films...
- Other Notable Bay Area Earthquakes
USGS Earthquake Hazards ... Other notable Bay Area...
- How Big Was the Earthquake
The following figure shows the extent of the 1906 rupture...
- Acknowledgements
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring,...
- Aerial View of the City
This photograph, taken by George Lawrence from a series of...
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At 05:12 Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
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12 de abr. de 2024 · San Francisco earthquake of 1906, major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that occurred on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am off the northern California coast. The San Andreas Fault slipped along a segment about 270 miles (430 km) long, extending from San Juan Bautista in San Benito county to Humboldt county and from there perhaps out ...
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9 de nov. de 2009 · San Francisco Earthquake: April 18, 1906. San Francisco Earthquake: Aftermath. On April 18, 1906, an earthquake and subsequent fires devastated San Francisco, California, leaving...
On April 18, 1906, an earthquake struck near San Francisco, California, United States, then the largest city on the West Coast. The earthquake occurred offshore, at an outcropping called Mussel Rock, a little after 5:00 a.m. Tremors were felt from the state of Oregon to Los Angeles, California, and inland toward the state of Nevada.
On April 18, 1906 San Francisco was near totally destroyed by a great earthquake and an ensuing devastating fire. What occurred during the "Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire" was beyond the experience or imagination of the people living in 1906.
At 5:12 AM local time, on April 18, 1906, a foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area. The great earthquake broke loose some 20 to 25 seconds later, with an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean just 2 miles west of San Francisco.
