Earthquake San Francisco- 1906 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 streets were killed by toppled buildings falling from above. There fire department was efficient but the water pipes that go down the San Andreas Fault were severed.
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On April 18‚ 1906‚ the citizens of San Francisco got struck with a tremendous earthquake‚ and a huge fire‚ towers fell and much of San Francisco was destroyed‚ as a result‚ it led to many people’s deaths and made people homeless. Buildings in damage and millions of dollars lost About 28‚000 buildings destroyed and more than $480‚000‚000 lost because of the fire and earthquake. “ Louise Herrick Wall observed for miles‚ his way lay among those who had just lost their homes and had burned‚ but then
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There has not been a bigger earthquake‚ or even one that comes close to the size of the San Francisco earthquake. That shook San Francisco‚ California with a magnitude of 7.8 that horrific day‚ in the year of 1906. The people of San Francisco had no idea of what was going to happen to their city on that day. Everything was about to change for the people of San Francisco‚ California. The San Francisco earthquake was completely devastating for the people. Leaving many in the aftermath homeless with
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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake is widely believed to be the most significant earthquake of all time with regards to destruction‚ loss of life‚ and subsequent learnings. On the 110th anniversary of the April 18th‚ 1906 earthquake‚ we delve into how our understanding of earthquakes has developed and how this particular earthquake helped further our understanding. In 1906 San Francisco was a thriving city of 400‚000 and an important economic and trading center of the U.S. west coast. On April 18th
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Iowa doesn’t get many earthquakes‚ but San Francisco does. There has been lots of earthquakes around that area‚ some too small to feel‚ and some too big to not. All around the southern part of the east-cost‚ earthquakes riddle the area. Just like how tornados are very common to us. Many parts of this disaster are very common to earthquakes that occur all around the world. There is a fault near the San Francisco area‚ the San Andreas Fault
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San Francisco The City of My Dreams When I was a child my dream was to move to San Francisco. I made my dream come true when I was 24 years old. I moved to the city by the bay with friends and found a house in the corridor district. Although I no longer live there I still long to be there and hope to eventually move back. Living there is amazing. It gave me a higher ambition to achieve my goals and become successful. I would spend my free time exploring new places and visit my favorites. During
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My friend and I took a five day trip to San Francisco. During our visit‚ we saw a lot of gorgeous scenery‚ ate some delicious food‚ it was a fun‚ relaxing‚ and memorable vacation. The weather was beautiful‚ with sunshine‚ very few clouds. My friend and I went to Pier 51‚ which is “home” to some lions sea ‚when we visited there were hundreds of them on and around platforms. We went to Chinatown area which is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia and the oldest Chinatown in North America. It is
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Rosser Geology‚ Period 4 15 September 2011 1906 S.F. Earthquake Essay The 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake is one of the worst earthquake’s to happen yet. The magnitude was believed to be about a 7.8 on the Richter scale. What made it so destructive wasn’t just the magnitude of the earthquake but the fact that the fires were uncontrollable. These factors led to the San Francisco quake to be know as a tragedy. San Francisco was a large city of a population of about four hundred thousand
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SAN FRANCISCO Fwanyanga W. Mate & Ibrahim Akinola SAN FRANCISCO Fwanyanga W. Mate & Ibrahim Akinola San Francisco is one of North America’s most vibrant and robust cities. Located on the west coast of the United States of America‚ and only about a six to seven hour flight from Calgary‚ San Francisco is well-known for its great climate‚ lively culture‚ and outstanding world-renowned landmarks. With the above in mind‚ there are two basic reasons of why one should visit San
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San Francisco is located in northern California‚ a hilly city at the tip of a peninsula‚ surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. The city has a fairly large population of 400‚000 people‚ however‚ it wasn’t always large. The California Gold Rush of 1848 turned a small population into what it is now. It became America’s largest city west of the Mississippi River until 1920 when it lost its title to Los Angeles. All that changed when the 1906 earthquake struck. On April 18‚
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