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Oct 18, 2019 · Mare Island earthquake. March 30, 1898, magnitude 6.4. A 1964 article on the anniversary of the Mare Island quake recounted some of the damage to the shipyard and surrounding area: “The...
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.
May 4, 2024 · San Francisco earthquake of 1906, a major earthquake and fire that destroyed some 28,000 buildings and killed more than 3,000 people. The shaking was felt from Los Angeles in the south to Coos Bay, Oregon, in the north. Damage was severe in San Francisco and in other towns situated near the San Andreas Fault.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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A large number of locations are marked VI–VII, including Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Oakland, and San Francisco. As opposed to showing a specific epicenter, the newer, enhanced map shows that it may have been anywhere within a broad swath centered on the southern Rodgers Creek Fault.
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- San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, United States
- 1898-03-31 07:43
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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...
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On April 18, 1906, in the early morning, a violent earthquake centered north of San Francisco on the San Andreas fault shook San Francisco, breaking the city's two major water mains and toppling brick buildings. With the city's water supply severely crippled, several fires burned out of control, destroying thousands of buildings.
Apr 17, 2020 · One hundred and fourteen years ago on Saturday, a 7.8-magnitude quake changed San Francisco forever—by erasing most of it from the map.
