The Earthquake of 1906 On the morning 12 past 5:00 San Francisco suffered a major earthquake that killed 3000 people, the earthquake lasted for about 40 seconds and was recorded at 8.3 on the Richter Scale. People ran from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings and were crushed. The people who ran in the streets were killed by toppled buildings falling from above. There fire department was efficient but the water pipes that go down the San Andreas Fault …showed first 75 words of 400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 400 total…by constructing them so that they sway back and fourth rather than just simply crumbling to the ground killing people. The San Andreas fault is formed by the Pacific plate sliding north and the North American plate running South. The two slide together caused the earthquake. The most recent earthquake in that area today, was in 1990 in San Francisco which measured around 8.3 on the Richter scale but it wasn't a bad as the one in 1906.