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   Apr 18, 2024 · View the full episode transcript. On April 18, 1906, many San Franciscans awoke at 5:13 a.m. to feel the earth shaking. An estimated 7.9 earthquake rocked the San Andreas fault, causing the immediate collapse of many buildings in San Francisco’s downtown. That, in turn, began a fire that quickly spread throughout the city.

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2. www.nytimes.com › 2006/02/03 › artsDocumenting a disaster, 1906 - The New York Times

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   Feb 3, 2006 · Documenting a disaster, 1906. By Carol Kino. Feb. 3, 2006. Soon after Oct. 17, 1989, I stood on a hill in San Francisco, watching as my apartment and all my worldly possessions burned to the ...

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   Oct 18, 2020 · The view is looking south. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700.

5. sf.curbed.com › maps › map-bay-area-biggestSan Francisco and the Bay Area’s biggest earthquakes - Curbed SF

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   Oct 18, 2019 · Coyote Lake earthquake. August 6, 1979, magnitude 5.8. Previously, the Coyote Lake quake was thought to mark the end of the Bay Area’s decades-long lull in earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or ...

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   Nov 7, 2021 · The destroyed San Francisco City Hall and dome at McAllister Street and Van Ness Avenue. The toppled statue of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, scientist and scholar, knocked from the facade of Stanford University’s zoology building in April of 1906. A train thrown down by the earthquake at Point Reyes Station.

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8. www.sfgate.com › bayarea › articleNew S.F. archive includes stunning photos from 1906 quake

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   Apr 19, 2015 · New S.F. archive includes stunning photos from 1906 quake. Shortly after the Great Earthquake rocked San Francisco 109 years ago, John Henry Mentz grabbed his camera and set out amid the ...

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   How did the 1906 earthquake affect San Francisco?

   • The 1906 earthquake and fire were catastrophic for all San Franciscans. And, as often happens in a crisis, people pulled together in the aftermath to help one another and to rebuild the city. It’s estimated that 80% of San Francisco was destroyed in the fire, and 200,000 people — rich and poor alike — were made homeless overnight.

   Stunning Archival Photos of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire

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   What happened at the Winchester Hotel after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?

   • People watch as the Winchester Hotel burns in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Hearst Building (left) was dynamited to use as a fire break between the fire and the rest of the city. At 5:12 a.m., Wednesday, April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were rudely awakened by a sharp jolt that lasted about 45 seconds.

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   What happened in San Francisco in 1906?

   • View the full episode transcript. On April 18, 1906, many San Franciscans awoke at 5:13 a.m. to feel the earth shaking. An estimated 7.9 earthquake rocked the San Andreas fault, causing the immediate collapse of many buildings in San Francisco’s downtown. That, in turn, began a fire that quickly spread throughout the city.

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   What was life like in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake?

   • The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Narration: Standing in bread lines, meat lines, soup lines, any kind of a line became the central activity of life. Everyone had to do it. Soldiers made sure nobody cheated. Katrina Schwartz: And anybody not standing in line, was put to work rebuilding the city.

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   What happened in San Francisco after the Loma Prieta earthquake?

   • Ruins in San Francisco after the earthquake of April 18, 1906. It’s been 30 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake, and Bay Area fault lines decided to take note of the anniversary with a string of regional quakes that served as a timely reminder that the state’s geological clock is still ticking.

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   When was the San Francisco earthquake?

   • October 8, 1865, magnitude 6.3 Several successive earthquakes jockeyed for prominence when it came to the phrase “San Francisco earthquake” before 1906, including this now-obscure 19th century tremblor. Mark Twain later recounted a harrowing scene:

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10. scotthaefner.com › beyond › san-francisco-100-years-laterCapturing San Francisco 100 Years Later - Beyond the Photos

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    May 31, 2006 · According to the New York Times, the Magnitude 7.9 earthquake and fire that destroyed San Francisco on April 18, 1906 was the first widely photographed disaster.Of all the photos documenting the devastation, perhaps none are as striking as George Lawrence’s famous kite aerial photograph, “San Francisco in Ruins,” taken 950-feet above San Francisco Bay.