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The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high on the lists of American disasters. ... The 1906 earthquake ...
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was the worst in California's history. The death toll was between 700 and 3,000. The subsequent fire resulted in much of the destruction and death toll. 28,188 homes were destroyed. $400 million in damage costs were reported. 700 to 3,000
The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.
April 18, 1906: California: 7.9 M w 3,000 + 1906 San Francisco earthquake: August 17, 1906: Alaska 8.4 M w 0 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake: September 27, 1909: Indiana: 5.1 M fa 0: 1909 Wabash River earthquake: June 23, 1915: California 6.2 M: 6 1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes: October 3, 1915: Nevada: 6.8 M w 0: 1915 Pleasant Valley ...
1 Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and ... 1905 Kangra earthquake: India April 4 1906 15,000 1906 Hong Kong typhoon:
Train collision along upper Delaware River. Official death toll is 65. 60 1886 1886 Charleston earthquake: Earthquake South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, East coast of the United States: $5,000,000–6,000,000 Massive earthquake starting in South Carolina, spreading across the East Coast of the US. 60 1966 Hurricane Inez: Tropical cyclone
April 18, 1906: 13:12 San Francisco, United States (San Andreas Fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista) see 1906 San Francisco earthquake: 37.75 −122.55 3,000 7.9 M w USGS August 17, 1906: 00:10 Aleutian Islands see 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake: 50.6 −178.36 8.35 M w [9] August 17, 1906: 00:40 Valparaíso, Chile see 1906 ...
It includes 1906 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.