Remnant damage from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

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Edited by: Carol S. PrenticeJudith G. ScotchmoorEldridge M. Moores, and Jon P. Kiland

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Abstract

This field trip consists of two stops at locations where it is possible to see damage from the 1906 earthquake and to gauge the intensity of the ground shaking that caused the damage. The first stop is at a cemetery in Colma, where the damage to monuments and headstones was photographed and roughly quantified in the Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, Lawson (1908), commonly referred to as the “Lawson Report.” The Lawson Report represents the formal study of the earthquake and consists of a compilation of the reports of many investigators who gathered information about faulting, ground failure, and damage due to the 1906 earthquake. The second stop is at a brick office building at the southern limit of San Francisco that was damaged by the earthquake but repaired in such a fashion that the damage is still clearly evident.

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Publication type Book chapter
Publication Subtype Book Chapter
Title Remnant damage from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
DOI 10.1130/2006.1906SF(02)
Language English
Publisher Geological Society of America
Contributing office(s) Earthquake Science Center
Description 5 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Conference publication
Larger Work Title 1906 San Francisco earthquake centennial field guides: Field trips associated with the 100th Anniversary Conference, 18–23 April 2006, San Francisco, California
First page 25
Last page 29
Conference Title 100th Anniversary Conference
Conference Location San Francisco, CA
Conference Date April 18-23, 2006
Country United States
State California
City Colma, San Francisco
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