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7san Francisco Earthquake
7san Francisco Earthquake
Earthquake
What it was
It was caused by the
rupture of ground surface
along the San Andreas
fault
The San Andreas Fault
extends roughly 810 miles
It happened at
5:12 am on April
18, 1906
It lasted up to a
minute
It caused the
ground to shift
an estimated 4
to 5 feet per
second
It was
What it did
It destroyed almost the entire city
It caused gas lines to break, fires
broke out in many parts of the town
It took 9 years to rebuild the city
following the earthquake
Streets were ripped open with
hundreds of great cracks
Animals disappeared
About 3,000 people were killed
Fun Facts
The Richter Scale measures
earthquakes on a scale of 3 to 8
or higher, the higher the number
the worse the earthquake
Before the earthquake the city
held 400,000 people
More than 28,000 buildings were
destroyed