1906 San Francisco earthquake

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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

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Generate an image of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
affectedArea San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
coastal Northern California ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Great San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate over 3000 deaths ⓘ
caused building collapses ⓘ
fires in San Francisco ⓘ
ground rupture ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
liquefaction ⓘ
widespread destruction in Northern California ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1906-04-18 ⓘ
destroyedBuildingsEstimate over 28000 buildings ⓘ
displacedPeopleEstimate over 200000 homeless ⓘ
duration approximately 45 to 60 seconds ⓘ
economicDamage hundreds of millions of 1906 US dollars ⓘ
epicenter near San Francisco, California ⓘ
fault San Andreas Fault ⓘ
fireDuration several days ⓘ
governmentResponse federal military assistance to San Francisco ⓘ
historicalSignificance turning point in the development of modern seismology ⓘ
inspiredTheory elastic rebound theory ⓘ
intensityScale Modified Mercalli intensity scale ⓘ
ledTo advances in seismology ⓘ
changes in building codes ⓘ
major reconstruction of San Francisco ⓘ
location California ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
magnitude 7.8 ⓘ
magnitudeScale moment magnitude scale ⓘ
mainCityDestroyed San Francisco ⓘ
maximumIntensity XI ⓘ
plateBoundary boundary between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
rankedAs one of the most significant earthquakes of all time ⓘ
one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history ⓘ
recordedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
ruptureLength approximately 296 miles ⓘ
approximately 477 kilometers ⓘ
studiedBy seismologist Harry Fielding Reid ⓘ
tectonicSetting transform plate boundary ⓘ
time 05:12 local time ⓘ
triggered urban fires in San Francisco ⓘ
type strike-slip earthquake ⓘ
year 1906 ⓘ

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1906 San Francisco earthquake → alsoKnownAs → Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
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Painted Ladies (San Francisco) → survivedEvent → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
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Nob Hill → rebuiltAfter → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Harry Fielding Reid → studied → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Conservatory of Flowers → damagedBy → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Panama–Pacific International Exposition → cityRebuiltAfter → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
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San Francisco Chinatown → rebuiltAfter → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Jackson Square Historic District → survivedEvent → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
San Francisco → experiencedEvent → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Market Street (San Francisco) → reconstructedAfter → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
subject linked to: Market Street
California Coast Ranges seismicity → notableEvent → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower) → survivedEvent → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
1868 Hayward earthquake → followedBy → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy water rights controversy → hasCause → 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire ⓘ
linked to: 1906 San Francisco earthquake
San Francisco City Hall → destroyedPredecessor → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
subject linked to: City Hall
Old San Francisco → depictsEvent → 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ