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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 wer ....
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.... that was 120km east of the rupture showed no damage.
Scientists found out that the earthquake originated north of Oregon and
south to Los Angeles a total of 1170 Km.
Knowing now that buildings could not withstand a earthquake with
unreiforced brick, the new San Francisco would have buildings that can handle
major earthquakes by constructing them so that they sway back and fourth rather
than just simply crumbling to the ground killing people.
The San Andreas fault is formed by the Pacific plate sliding north and
the North American plate running South. The two sl ....
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