
San Francisco Earthquake

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1906 San Francisco earthquake
109-year-old Rose Cliver, the oldest survivor of San Francisco's great earthquake, has recently died, leaving only two survivors of the event. The Huffington Post article of the event includes some great photos of the aftermath.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire | Cross Examined
So large, in fact, that the main shock went into the history books. Record-keeping by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center ranks Wednesday's shaker as the 11th largest... By contrast, during the 1906 magnitude-7.8 San Francisco earthquake along the San Andreas — perhaps the best known strike-slip event — the ground shifted 15 feet. The Sumatra coast has been rattled by three strong strike-slip quakes since 2004, but Wednesday's was the largest.
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