Significant Earthquake

Date Earthquake Location Earthquake Parameters
Focal
Depth		 Magnitude MMI Int
Year Mo Dy Hr Mn Sec Name Latitude Longitude Mw Ms Mb Ml Mfa Unk
1906 4 18 13 12 21.0 CALIFORNIA: SAN FRANCISCO 37.670 -122.480 20 7.9 7.8 8.3 11
Significant Earthquake
Earthquake Effects Total Effects (Earthquake and Tsunami, Volcano, etc.)
Deaths Missing Injuries Damage Houses
Destroyed		 Houses
Damaged		 Deaths Missing Injuries Damage Houses
Destroyed		 Houses
Damaged
Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De
700 3 400.000 4


Comments for the Significant Earthquake

Comments for the Significant Earthquake

Display listing of nearby significant earthquakes

Reference #1128 lists 700 deaths, $24 million dollars damage.
Reference #1248 lists $524 million dollars damage.
Reference #1250 lists 2000 deaths, $524 million dollars damage.


References for the Significant Earthquake

References for the Significant Earthquake

ID Author Year Citation
1002 Lomnitz, Cinna 1974 Development in Geotectonics #5, Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974.
1003 Bath, Markus 1973 Introduction to Seismology, Halsted Press, 1978.
1074 Wood, Harry O., Maxwell W. Allen, and N.H. Heck 1934 Destructive and Near-Destructive Earthquakes in California and Western Nevada, 1769-1933, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Special Publication no. 191, 24 p.
1129 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1969 Studies in Seismicity and Earthquake Damage Statistics, Appendix B, 1969, 68 p.
1314 Kanamori, Hiroo 1977 The energy release of great earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, p. 2981-2987.
4024 Scott, Nina 1965 List of Modified Mercalli intensities for the April 8, 1906, San Francisco, California, Earthquake, Prepared under contract for U.S. Geological Survey, unpublished manuscript.