The San Francisco Earthquake
The San Francisco Earthquake
At 5:13 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18th, 1906, an earthquake struck San Francisco. It measured almost 8.0 on the Richter scale and killed hundreds of people. It took a week to put out the resulting fires, which killed even more people. The total number of casualities are estimated at 3,000 people, a figure very similar to the number of people killed on Sptember 11th, 2001.
Here are three sites about the earthquake:
At 5:13 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18th, 1906, an earthquake struck San Francisco. It measured almost 8.0 on the Richter scale and killed hundreds of people. It took a week to put out the resulting fires, which killed even more people. The total number of casualities are estimated at 3,000 people, a figure very similar to the number of people killed on Sptember 11th, 2001.
Here are three sites about the earthquake:
- The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake from the U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
- Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916 from the American Memory project of The Library of Congress
- Facts for Features & Special Editions: 100th Anniversary: San Francisco Earthquake — April 18 from the U.S. Census Bureau
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