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1906 San Francisco earthquake

1906 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

1906 San Francisco earthquake
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A magnitude 7. 9 earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 05:12 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. With a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), it created high-intensity shaking from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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