1906 San Francisco earthquake
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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1906 San Francisco earthquake canonical | 17 |
| Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake | 1 |
| Great San Francisco earthquake | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
earthquake
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historical event ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
San Francisco Bay Area
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coastal Northern California ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
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Great San Francisco earthquake
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| casualtiesEstimate | over 3000 deaths ⓘ |
| caused |
building collapses
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fires in San Francisco ⓘ ground rupture ⓘ landslides ⓘ liquefaction ⓘ widespread destruction in Northern California ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | 1906-04-18 ⓘ |
| destroyedBuildingsEstimate | over 28000 buildings ⓘ |
| displacedPeopleEstimate | over 200000 homeless ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 45 to 60 seconds ⓘ |
| economicDamage | hundreds of millions of 1906 US dollars ⓘ |
| epicenter | near San Francisco, California ⓘ |
| fault | San Andreas Fault ⓘ |
| fireDuration | several days ⓘ |
| governmentResponse | federal military assistance to San Francisco ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | turning point in the development of modern seismology ⓘ |
| inspiredTheory | elastic rebound theory ⓘ |
| intensityScale | Modified Mercalli intensity scale ⓘ |
| ledTo |
advances in seismology
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changes in building codes ⓘ major reconstruction of San Francisco ⓘ |
| location |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Northern California ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ |
| magnitude | 7.8 ⓘ |
| magnitudeScale | moment magnitude scale ⓘ |
| mainCityDestroyed | San Francisco ⓘ |
| maximumIntensity | XI ⓘ |
| plateBoundary | boundary between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ |
| rankedAs |
one of the most significant earthquakes of all time
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one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history ⓘ |
| recordedBy | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| ruptureLength |
approximately 296 miles
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approximately 477 kilometers ⓘ |
| studiedBy | seismologist Harry Fielding Reid ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | transform plate boundary ⓘ |
| time | 05:12 local time ⓘ |
| triggered | urban fires in San Francisco ⓘ |
| type | strike-slip earthquake ⓘ |
| year | 1906 ⓘ |
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Great San Francisco earthquake
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Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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Harry Fielding Reid
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Chinatown (San Francisco)
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Chinatown (San Francisco)
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Painted Ladies (San Francisco)
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Panama–Pacific International Exposition
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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