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The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php

Description:
Information about this earthquake that hit at 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906. Includes information about the size of the quake, casualties and damage from the earthquake and fire, information about other notable quakes in the San Francisco Bay Area after 1906, and links to photo collections and eyewitness accounts. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

LII Topics: 1906 & 1989 Earthquakes, California: History, California: History by Place, California: Science, Earthquakes, Earthquakes--California, Geology, San Francisco

Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Earthquakes
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Earthquake and fire, 1906
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 19470 created by Maria Brandt on 10/25/2005
Last modification on 01/05/2007
Published: 10/26/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19470

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