The official casualty count was 700, but as many as 3,000 people might have died. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless, out of a population of about 400,000. Most of the fatalities occurred in San Francisco, and 189 were reported elsewhere..
In recorded history it was the 1906 quake.
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yes it was in 1906 in San Francisco it was a 9.2 earthquake
San Francisco
In recorded history it was the 1906 quake.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire April 18 1906 - 1906 was released on: USA: 1906
The elastic-rebound theory was found from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
No, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 did not cause a tsunami.
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 was one of the deadliest natural disasters on U.S. history, second only to the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900. Most of the city of San Francisco was destroyed either by the earthquake itself or the fires the followed and more than 3,000 people died.
The San Francisco earthquake
San Francisco.
The focus of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was located near the San Andreas Fault in the Northern California Coast Ranges. This subterranean point where the earthquake's energy was released is also known as the hypocenter.
There have been a number of earthquakes that have affected San Francisco. Perhaps the most famous are the 1906 earthquake which is estimated to have resulted in 3,000 fatalities and the more recent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake which resulted in 63 deaths.
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San Francisco.
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