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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). High intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result, up to 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed. The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest earthquakes in the history of the United States. The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters. | [[File:San_Francisco_1906_earthquake_Post-and-Grant-Avenue.jpg|thumb|Ruins in the vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue.]]The '''1906 San Francisco earthquake''' struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). | ||
High intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. | |||
Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result, up to 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed. | |||
The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest earthquakes in the history of the United States. | |||
The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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File:San Francisco City Hall - April 20, 1906.jpg|April 20, 1906: San Francisco City Hall. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Crimes against physical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake 1906 San Francisco earthquake] @ Wikipedia | |||
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[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Earthquakes (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:55, 18 April 2020
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).
High intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result, up to 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed.
The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest earthquakes in the history of the United States.
The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters.
In the News
April 20, 1906: San Francisco City Hall.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- 1906 San Francisco earthquake @ Wikipedia
Attribution: