Earthquake San Francisco- 1906
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On the morning 12 past 5:00 San Francisco suffered a major
earthquake that killed 3000 people, the earthquake lasted for about 40
seconds and was recorded at 8.3 on the Richter Scale.
People ran from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings
and were crushed. The people who ran in the s ....
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.... a earthquake of that magnitude.
After the earthquake, they noticed that the San Andreas Fault
shifted a 250-mile long section witch tore roads and fences. Rivers,
roads and power lines were severed and not aligned with its surroundings.
A road across the fault ended up 21 feet north of the road to the east
same with the rivers and creeks.
The earthquake's most damage were in Los Bonas 30km east of the
fault yet there was little damage along towns to the east side of San
Francisco Bay ....
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