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"San Francisco 1906-

            
             "The Greatest earthquake on United States History-.
             -First of all I want to explain what a "plate tectonics- is.
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             Plate tectonics are a relatively new theory that has revolutionized the way geologists thinks about the Earth. According to the theory, the surface of the Earth is broken into large plates. The size and position of these plates change over time. The edges of these plates, where they move against each other, are sites of intense geologic activity, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building. Plate tectonics is a combination of two earlier ideas, Continental Drift and Sea-floor Spreading. Continental drift is the movement of continents over the Earth's surface and in their change in position relative to each other. (Pherson 270).
             A German meteorologist Alfred Wegener originally developed the Continental drift concept in 1912. Some of the key facts that he used to support his theory are the shape and fit of the continents and the distribution of similar fossils and rock layers around the planet. Based on his observations Wegener proposed that all of today's modern continents were once part of a "Super Continent-, which is today known as Pangea.
             This is the possible process that the Earth went thru over the past 550 millions of years:.
             550 millions 220 millions .
             of years ago. of years ago.
             190 millions 136 millions .
             of years ago of years ago. .


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1. San Francisco Earthquake 1906

On the demoralizing day of April 18th, 1906, the worst natural disaster in the nation struck San Francisco. Although, the earthquake only lasted a moment, it caused a great deal of damage to San Francisco and neighboring cities. The earthquake registered as and 8.25 on the Richter scale; in comparison, the earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1989 was 6.7 on the scale. This great quake changed the life of thousands ... a moment. The earthquake produced fires that lasted up to four days. It damaged buildings, and injured loved ones of the people in San Francisco. The 1906 earthquake has three...

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2. The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

... lived by the bay in a friendly lifestyle. Some would have even said to you that the city will last forever until that day! On April 18, 1906 a major earthquake hit San Francisco within a one minute span. In this minute many lives were affected as so with others. The 18th was an odd day in ... San Francisco as Laura Pride went to bed at 2am after writing her article for the Chronicle. Suddenly the horses in the stalls starting scrawling and the ... gas leaks. As they lit the dynamite the sparks started the gas lines which caused the other buildings to start on fire. (Davis 60) In Conclu...

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3. San Adreas Fault

... sliding past each other. It is so called because it runs along the San Andreas Valley. The San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention in 1906 when sudden displacement along the fault produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. This earthquake was but one of many that have ... resulted throughout its life of about 15-20 million years. Body The entire San Andreas fault system is more than ... into a small pond, and its along the boundaries where they meet that most quakes are born. The two plates that form California's infamous San Andreas Fault, the Pacific an...

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4. Loma Earthquake

... State Park. The land on the seaward side of the fault slipped five and a half feet northwest. The Loma Prieta quake was the largest earthquake to occur in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1906, and the largest, at the time, anywhere in California since 1952. The earthquake was responsible for 67 deaths, 3,757 injuries, and about 7 billion dollars worth of damage, making ... from hundreds of instruments, allowing a detailed understanding of the ground motion throughout the affected region. The pattern of damage related to liquefaction and soil consolidation in San Francisco and Oakland i...

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5. Loma Prieta Earthquake

... seaward side of the fault slipped five and a half feet northwest. The Loma Prieta quake was the largest earthquake to occur in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1906, and the largest, at the time, anywhere in California since 1952. The earthquake was responsible for 67 deaths, 3,757 injuries, ... were 1,018 homes destroyed and 366 businesses destroyed. Some 23,408 homes were damaged and 3,530 businesses damaged. A section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge had collapsed. The top section of the Cypress viaduct of Interstate Highway 880 had collapsed on the lower section. The ... not...

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6. Earthquake at Dawn by Kristiana Gregory

... THE PLOT This book is a fictionalized account of actual events that took place during the San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906. It's based on the life of Edith Irvine, a twenty two year old photographer who was in San Francisco on that day. The account begins when Edith, her father and their maid, the ... fifteen year old Daisy Valentine, are on their way to San Francisco. Edith's father has ... twenty two year old photographer (Edith Irvine) and her fifteen year old maid (Daisy Valentine), the horror of an earthquake in the city of San Francisco on April 18, 1906 at 05:12:05 am. ...

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7. Geography Essay - Earthquakes

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8. Literature by Jack London

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9. Preparing for an Earthquake in California

... at the same rate) it takes about the same amount of time for them to slip. In terms of the San Andreas Fault, these time intervals in the past have been around 150 years. The last major quake along the fault occurred in 1906 at the San Francisco Bay (106 years ago). However, the last big one to hit the southern region of the ... San Andreas was in 1857 (Schulz 1). If you calculate that, it was 155 years ago. This means that we are due for ... Fault System has a record of moderate to great earthquakes" (Stoffer 2). The two major earthquakes previously recorded along the fault (the great...

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