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priscilla 1The San Francisco Earthquake in Colour
February 1st 2010 01:23
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 struck on Wednesday, April 18. It ruptured along the San Andreas Fault both northward and southward for a total of 296 miles (477 km). Shaking was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles, and inland as far as central Nevada. The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire, estimated to be above 3,000, is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The economic impact has been compared with the more recent Hurricane Katrina.
Frederick Eugene Ives was an early adopter of color photography and he took these images of San Francisco 6 months after the quake. These images are at street level at the Majestic Hotel.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Frederick Eugene Ives was an early adopter of color photography and he took these images of San Francisco 6 months after the quake. These images are at street level at the Majestic Hotel.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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