1906 San Francisco earthquake
Earthquake in California
Summary
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a major earthquake which struck the coast of Northern California at 05:12 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), it created high-intensity shaking from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Originally created by DavidWBrooks
4/20/2003, 1:02:22 AM
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Added Spitzer midnight day-of earthquake letter from San Jose to Survivor accounts section; inline citation (Shenandoah Valley, Apr 26 1906) via NewspaperArchive
Added Forestburg Boulder Creek account to Survivor accounts; added private citizen insurance corroboration to insurance section; inline citations (Fargo Forum, May 9 1906) via NewspaperArchive
Added Baughman observer account to Survivor accounts section: stoves outside, Market St subsidence, Valencia St frame buildings, martial law; inline citation (O'Brien County Bell, May 10 1906) via NewspaperArchive
Added Survivor accounts section with John W. Nourse firsthand letter from San Francisco, Apr 23 1906; inline citation (Clinton Weekly Clintonian, May 4 1906) via NewspaperArchive
Added Sullivan injury location and mechanism (California Hotel bricks, Bush Street firehouse) plus wife injured; inline citation (New York Times, Apr 19 1906) via NewspaperArchive
Added C.A. Duffy Santa Rosa eyewitness account: hotel casualties, five-minute collapse, fire meeting in middle, arms in debris; inline citation (Grapevine Sun, Apr 21 1906) via NewspaperArchive
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1350624425|1350624425]] by [[Special:Contributions/Dora the Axe-plorer|Dora the Axe-plorer]] ([[User talk:Dora the Axe-plorer|talk]]) The source seems to be the plot of the book itself, I'll add an inline cite
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