The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. Today, its importance comes more from the wealth of scientific knowledge derived from it than from its sheer size. Rupturing the northernmost 430 kilometers of the San Andreas Fault from northwest of San Juan Bautista to the triple junction at Cape Mendocino, the earthquake confounded contemporary geologists with its large, horizontal displacements and great rupture length. Indeed, the significance …showed first 75 words of 1129 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1129 total…earthquakes in California. Klages, Ellen. The Great Shake: San Francisco, 1906. Retrieved October 25, 2003 from http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/1906/index.html Lawson, A. C. (ed.),The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906, 1908, Reprinted 1969 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. San Francisco City Museum. The Great 1906 Earthquake And Fire. Retrieved October 25, 2003 from http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html U.S. Geological Survey. Tsunami Record from the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Retrieved October 25, 2003 from http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/1906.html