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"...the paved streets were rolling like waves..." April 18, 1906
Pausing in remembrance of a great American city.....at a time when life turned upside down.
100 years ago today - The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. The first foreshock was registered at 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906. The earthquake itself, which occurred on the San Andreas Fault with an epicenter near San Francisco approximately 20-25 seconds later, lasted 47 seconds, was punctuated by violent shocks, and was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles, and inland as far as central Nevada. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906 the rocks snapped six to nine miles below the surface of the earth. The land was torn apart from Shelter Cove in Humboldt County to Hollister in San Benito County. The epicenter was located on the San Andreas Fault at the boundary of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake, lasting forty to sixty-five seconds, was not the strongest ever experienced in California, or for that matter, in the United States. But it was the closest to a major population center. Fortunately, people were at home in bed and not on crowded city streets or in offices and schools. The seismic waves spread outward. Ship captains thought they had collided with rocks. City streets heaved up and down as if subjected to ocean swells. Then the ground twisted "like a top while it jerked this way and that, and up and down and every way," said a policeman. The damage was immediate and most severe on the "made land" (landfill) especially marsh and bay lands that had been filled in east of Sansome Street and south of Market Street. The quake ruptured gas lines and water mains, destroyed cisterns, and disrupted fires in fireplaces and cooking grills all over the city. The resulting conflagration burned for four days. 1906 population: 400,000 Earthquake casualties: approx 3,000 People made homeless: 225,000 Estimated damage: 500 million (1906 dollars) - over 5 billion in todays dollars The map shows the devastated portion of the city. View is toward the Southwest. The large thoroughfare running thru the center of the city is Market St. City Hall is center-picture just to the right of Market St. The Presidio is to the upper right and North Beach is to the extreme right center. Nob Hill and Telegraph Hill are to the right of Market St. Van Ness Ave is to the upper right. Last edited by 82Rigger; 07-14-2008 at 01:10 AM. |
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