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The 1908 Lawson Report, a study of the 1906 quake led and edited by Professor Andrew Lawson of the University of California, showed that the same San Andreas Fault which had caused the disaster in San Francisco ran close to Los Angeles as well. [23]
The fault was first named in the Lawson Report of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake in recognition of its involvement in the earthquake of 1868. [1] This fault is about 119 km (74 mi) long, [2] situated mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay.
Andrew Cowper Lawson [1] (July 25, 1861 – June 16, 1952) was a Scots-born Canadian geologist who became professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley.He was the editor and co-author of the 1908 report on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake which became known as the "Lawson Report".
On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
"All San Francisco May Burn" -- The New York Times, April 19, 1906, the day after the earthquake: At midnight the fire still roars. Fleeing inhabitants can see from miles around the.
According to seismologist Charles Richter, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake moved the United States Government into acknowledging the problem. Prior to that, no agency was specifically focused on researching earthquake activity.
It is best known for being the closest point to the epicenter of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and where the San Andreas Fault enters the San Francisco Peninsula from the northwest. An additional minor fault, the Mussel Rock Fault, was identified in 2000.
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake offered Reid the chance to take his interest in seismology to a new level. [2] Andrew Lawson was then chair of the geology department at the University of California at Berkeley, and Lawson had been one of the first (1888) Hopkins Ph.D.s in geology. Perhaps through his influence Reid was chosen the only non ...