Earthquake — California: San Francisco

When

18 Apr 1906

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.9

Where

Usa

Coordinates

37.67° N, 122.48° W

Deaths

700

Damage musd

400

Houses destroyed

28188

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

20

Earthquake in California

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 05:12 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. With a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), it created high-intensity shaking from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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