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Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake April 18 – 23, 1906 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine – The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco JB Monaco Photography – Photographic account of earthquake and fire aftermath from well-known North Beach photographer
The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes.
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 earthquake: April 21, 1918: California 6.8 M: 0 ...
Earthquake 1965 1984 Arrow Development: A dark ride based on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This ride formerly operated at Freedomland U.S.A. and was relocated to Cedar Point in 1965. The ride transportation system was provided by Arrow Development. Flying Coaster [23] 1961 1967 or 1968 John Norman Bartlett
1906: Despite the devastating destruction of San Francisco by an earthquake on April 18, the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office survives; 1910: Repairs of earthquake damage to the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office are completed; 1933–1934: A four-story wing, designed by San Francisco architect George Kelham, is constructed on the east side of building
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
A section between Monterey County and San Bernardino County ruptured 166 years ago, and another portion ruptured in the great San Francisco earthquake 117 years ago.
In the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, land on one side of the San Andreas fault generally jammed 8.5 feet past the other, De Groot said.