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At 05:12 AM Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).
United States, San Pablo Bay, California: 7.7: 10.0: XI 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.
California earthquakes (1769–2000) 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.
On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
Pages in category "Earthquakes in California" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. ... 1906 San Francisco earthquake; 1915 Imperial Valley ...
In 1906, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 ruptured 300 miles of the San ... The USGS and the Southern California Earthquake Center in 2005 said that a magnitude 7.5 quake on that ...
Both the 1857 and 1906 earthquakes were somewhere around magnitude 7.8. In the largest of the Ridgecrest earthquakes in 2019 , there were about 2 feet of fault offset for the magnitude 7.1 quake ...
The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission (PDF). Vol. I. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Lynch, David K. (2006). Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault: See and Touch the World's Most Famous Fault on any one of Twelve Easy Day Trips. Thule Scientific. ISBN 978-0-9779935-0-5. Full ...