What the records say
- When
- 18 Apr 1906
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 37.70° N, 122.50° W
- Max water height m
- 0.1
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.9
- Runups
- 3
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page