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Map showing the affected area of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake along California's coast, with color-coded zones indicating levels of perceived shaking from extreme to moderate. The San Andreas Fault is marked, with the earthquake's epicenter near San Francisco. Major cities such as San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Eureka are labeled, and fault movement direction is indicated with arrows. An inset map shows the earthquake's location within the continental United States. San Francisco earthquake of 1906
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Map showing the affected area of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake along California's coast, with color-coded zones indicating levels of perceived shaking from extreme to moderate. The San Andreas Fault is marked, with the earthquake's epicenter near San Francisco. Major cities such as San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Eureka are labeled, and fault movement direction is indicated with arrows. An inset map shows the earthquake's location within the continental United States.
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Map of northern California depicting the intensity of shaking caused by the earthquake of April 18, 1906.

San Francisco earthquake of 1906

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San Francisco earthquake of 1906, major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that occurred on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am off the northern California coast. The San Andreas Fault slipped along a segment about 270 miles (430 km) long, extending from San Juan Bautista in San Benito county to Humboldt county and from there perhaps out under the sea to an unknown distance. The shaking was felt from Los Angeles in the south to...

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