San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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One of the most significant earthquakes of all time happened in San Francisco in April 1906. There were separate tremors that day, it started at 5:12 a.m. and the strongest one was at 5:16 a.m. The earthquake happened throughout the San Francisco Bay area. It was felt from Oregon to south of Los Angeles and inland as far as Nevada.
The earthquake happened on Wednesday April 18, 1906. The center of the quake was in the bed of the ocean, close to San Francisco. The area was known as the Tomales-Portola Fault...