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Remotely triggered events included an earthquake swarm in the Imperial Valley area, which culminated in an earthquake of about 6.1 M I at 16:30 PST on April 18, 1906. Another event of this type occurred at 12:31 PST on April 19, 1906, with an estimated magnitude of about 5.0 M I , and an epicenter beneath Santa Monica Bay .
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was the worst in California's history. The death toll was between 700 and 3,000. 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.
On 18 April 1906, the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake, Genthe, with his cameras and studio destroyed, borrowed a hand-held camera and photographed the destruction across the city. Of his over 180 surviving, sharp-focus photographs of San Francisco, probably his most famous image is "San Francisco, April 18th, 1906," which shows a ...
The 1906 Swansea earthquake hit near the town of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 June. It was one of the most damaging to hit Britain during the twentieth century, with a small area reaching an intensity of VII on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale .
1906 earthquake may refer to: 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake (great) 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (great, tsunami) 1906 Meishan earthquake (Taiwan) 1906 San Francisco earthquake (California, US) (great) 1906 Swansea earthquake (United Kingdom) 1906 Valparaíso earthquake (Chile) (great, tsunami) 1906 Manasi earthquake (China)
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on cs.wikipedia.org San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906; Usage on en.wikisource.org Index:San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906.webm
Works about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "1906 San Francisco earthquake" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The 1906 Manasi earthquake (玛纳斯地震), also known as the Manas earthquake occurred in the morning of December 23, 1906, at 02:21 UTC+8:00 local time or December 22, 18:21 UTC. It measured 8.0–8.3 on the moment magnitude scale and 8.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. The epicenter of this earthquake is located in Manas County ...