1906 San Francisco,CA

Earthquake
By Sandra Celerino & Esmeralda Martinez
1/16/15
6th period

Earthquake
A earthquake is shaking, Rolling of sudden
shock of the earths surface.

What Causes an Earthquake?

The cause of an earthquake is when the plates
squeeze or stretch, huge rock from their edges
and rocks shift with great force, causing an
earthquake.

What is a fault?
A fault is an area of stress in earth, where
broken rocks slide past each other, causing a
crack in the earths surface.

The Latitude and Longitude

The latitude was 37.7(n).
The longitude is -122.5(w).

Map of Location
1906 San Francisco
Earthquake
M 7.8
April 18,1906
5:12 A.M.

The nearest cities to the earthquake

Santa Cruz
Oakland
San Jose
Marin Country
Santa Rosa

Depth of San Francisco Earthquake

The state of Depth was 8.0 km.

Magnitude of Earthquake
The Magnitude of the 1906 earthquake in San
Francisco was 7.8.

Date,time and where it took place at.

It occur in San Francisco on
April 18,1906 at 5:12 am.

The five examples of the damages caused

by our earthquake.

-cause estimated property damage of

$ 400 million.
- worlds first major natural disaster
that affected San Francisco.
-400,000 residents were homeless.
-devastated, Northern California areas
including Santa Rosa,San Jose and
Santa Cruz.
-It affected 375,000 square miles.

The fatalities caused by our

earthquake.
The fatalities of the
earthquake were 3,000
lives taken away from the
earthquake in San
Francisco.

The Name of The Fault Where it Took

Place
The fault of where the
earthquake took place was
the San Andreas fault.

The three other that took in the San

Andreas fault
Santa Cruz magnitude was 6.8 in
April 18,1906.
San Jose magnitude was 6.8 in
April 18,1906.
Santa Rosa magnitude was 6.9
in April 18,1906.

My Work cited
www.travelmath.com/ches_nearsanfrancisco
www.seismo.berkeley.edu/outreach/1906_quake
.html