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Sharp earthquake shock was felt at 7:37 p.m. April 10, 1881. Several earthquake shocks were felt between 2 and 2:15 a.m. September 18, 1881. Sharp earthquake shock today. October 31, 1881. 4:10 p.m. Slight earthquake shock felt in San Francisco. November 11, 1881. There was a slight earthquake shock at 4 p.m.
The 1898 Mare Island earthquake occurred in Northern California on March 30 at 23:43 local time with a moment magnitude of 5.8–6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII–IX ( Severe – Violent ). Its area of perceptibility included much of northern and central California and western Nevada. Damage amounted to $350,000 (about $10,700,000 ...
On April 18, 1906, an earthquake struck near San Francisco, California, United States, then the largest city on the West Coast. The earthquake occurred offshore, at an outcropping called Mussel Rock, a little after 5:00 a.m. Tremors were felt from the state of Oregon to Los Angeles, California, and inland toward the state of Nevada.
April 18, 1906. San Francisco was wrecked by a Great Earthquake at 5:13 a.m., and then destroyed by the seventh Great Fire that burned for four days. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of trapped persons died when South-of-Market tenements collapsed as the ground liquefied beneath them. Most of those buildings immediately caught fire, and trapped ...
Nov 24, 2009 · On April 18, 1906, at 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing an estimated 3,000 people as it topples numerous buildings ...
- Missy Sullivan
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May 4, 2024 · Map of northern California depicting the intensity of shaking caused by the earthquake of April 18, 1906. (more) San Francisco earthquake of 1906, major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that occurred on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am off the northern California coast. The San Andreas Fault slipped along a segment about 270 miles (430 km) long ...
Down Market from Mason: This photo of the post-earthquake destruction on Market street, April 1906, reveals the site of the Donohoe Building (far left) which housed UC’s dental clinics at the time. On April 18, 1906, in the early morning, a violent earthquake centered north of San Francisco on the San Andreas fault shook San Francisco ...
