The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 By Phillip L. Fradkin Presented by: Katherine Carder, Neal Fanning, John Holwick, and Mary Moncure-Williams

Damage  Dead:  498 deaths in San Francisco  64 deaths in Santa Rosa  102 deaths in and near San Jose  225,000 lost their homes  Buildings Destroyed:  24,671 Wood buildings lost  3,168 Brick buildings lost  $400,000,000 estimated in property damage  $80,000,000 from the earthquake alone The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906

 Shaking lasted seconds  Felt from southern Oregon to south of Los Angeles and inland as far as central Nevada  Felt 9100 kilometers away in Gottingen, Germany  8-9 on the Modified Mercalli scale The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906

 Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale:

References  Earthquake Hazards Program, “The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale” USGS: Science for a changing world.  Earthquake Hazards Program, “A Seismogram of the 1906 Earthquake” USGS: Science for a changing world.  Earthquake Hazards Program, “Casualties and damage after the 1906 Earthquake” USGS: Science for a changing world.  Earthquake Hazards Program, “How long was the 1906 rupture?” USGS: Science for a changing world.  Earthquake Hazards Program, “The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake” USGS: Science for a changing world.  Earthquake Hazards Program, “What was the intensity of the shaking?” USGS: Science for a changing world.  Fradkin, Philip L The Great Earthquake And Firestorms Of Berkeley: University of California Press.