San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Research Paper

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San Francisco 1906 Earthquake, 7.9, April 18 1906,
In San Francisco earthquakes happen every day, with very small magnitudes. But in 1906 a destructive earthquake did damage including a total cost of $8 billion in modern currency. It destroyed a fourth of San Francisco. That's almost 500 blocks. The ‘Ham and Eggs’ Fire ruined 30 blocks after the earthquake occurred. San Francisco is on the San Andreas, a transform plate boundary of the Pacific and North American Plate. San Francisco spent $90 million for the first 19 months of reconstruction.

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