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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; Tsunami Record from the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ...
Many seismologists believe that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which occurred on the San Andreas fault, reduced the stress on many faults in the Bay Area including the Hayward fault, creating an "earthquake shadow": a quiescent period following a major earthquake. Since the 1906 San Andreas event there have been no moderately strong ...
Buildings and structures burned in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (20 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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.
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 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake struck at exactly 5:04 p.m., at the height of rush hour and just before the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the ...
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.
In a 2004 retrospective of the Loma Prieta earthquake, San Francisco Chronicle architecture critic John King wrote: [The Embarcadero Freeway] cut off the downtown from the water that gave birth to it, and it left the iconic Ferry Building – a statuesque survivor of the 1906 earthquake – stranded behind a dark wall of car exhaust and noise.