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Earthquake Pictures! |
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Crushed car near the intersection of Fifth
and Townsend Streets, South of Market. [C.E. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey] |
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Alhama, Spain earthquake, Jan 5, 1885 |
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Ambato, Ecuador earthquake, Aug. 5, 1949 |
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Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, Mar. 27, 1964 |
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Arequipa, Peru earthquake, Aug. 13, 1868 |
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Assam, India earthquake, Aug. 15, 1950 |
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Assam, India earthquake, June 12, 1897 |
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Athens earthquake, Sept. 7, 1999 |
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Bagnara Calabra (Calabria), Italy earthquake, Nov. 16, 1894 |
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Basilicata, Italy earthquake, Dec. 16, 1857 |
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Bellunese (Veneto), Italy earthquake, June 29, 1873 |
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Bihar, India earthquake, Jan. 1934 |
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Bohemia earthquake, Nov. 26, 1902 |
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Bucharest, Romania earthquake, Mar. 4, 1977 |
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Cache Valley, Utah earthquake, Aug. 30, 1962 |
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Caracas, Venezuela earthquake July 29, 1967 |
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Caracas, Venezuela earthquake, Mar 28, 1812 |
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Casamicciola, Italy earthquake, July 28, 1883 |
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Caucete, San Juan, Argentina earthquake, Nov. 23, 1977 |
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Chaman, India earthquake, Dec. 20, 1892 |
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Charleston, South Carolina earthquake, Aug. 31, 1886 |
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Chateauneuf-du-Rhone, France earthquake, July 14, 1873 |
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Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake, Sept. 21, 1999 |
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Chile (Vina del Mar) earthquake, Mar. 3, 1985 |
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Chile earthquake, May 1960 |
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China earthquake, 1865 |
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Chios, Greece earthquake, Apr. 4(3?), 1881 |
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Chios, Greece earthquake, Oct. 15, 1883 |
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Coalinga, California earthquake, May 2, 1983 |
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Colchester, England earthquake, Apr. 22, 1884 |
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Colombia earthquake, Oct. 26, 1935 |
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Commenda, Italy earthquake, May 28, 1320 |
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Concepcion, Chile earthquake, Feb. 20, 1835 |
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Corinth, Greece earthquake, Dec. 26, 1861 [Corinth 1861] |
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Cumana, Venezuela earthquake, Jan. 17, 1929 [Venezuela 1929] |
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Daly City, California earthquake, March 22, 1957 [Daly City
1957] |
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Denali, Alaska earthquake, Nov. 3, 2002 [Denali] |
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Dixie Valley-Fairview Peak, Nevada earthquake, Dec. 16, 1954
[Dixie 1954] |
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Djijelli, Algeria earthquake, Aug. 22, 1856 [Algeria 1856] |
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Dubrovnik, Croatia earthquake, Apr. 6, 1667 [Dubrovnik 1667] |
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Duren, the Netherlands earthquake, Feb 18, 1756 [Duren, the
Netherlands] |
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Edgecumbe, N.Z. earthquake, March 2, 1987 [Edgecumbe] |
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El Asnam, Algeria earthquake, Oct. 10, 1980 [Algeria 1980] |
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El Centro, California earthquake, May 18, 1940 [El Centro
1940] |
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Eureka, California earthquake, Dec. 21, 1954 [Eureka 1954] |
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Eureka, California earthquake, Nov. 8, 1980 [Eureka 1980] |
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Fallon Stillwater, Nevada earthquake, July 6, 1954 |
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Ferrara, Italy earthquake, Nov. 17, 1570 |
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Ferruzzano (Calabria), Italy earthquake, Oct. 23, 1907 |
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Florence (Tuscany) Italy earthquake, May 18, 1895 |
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Fort Tejon, California earthquake, Jan. 9, 1857 |
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Fukui, Japan earthquake, June 28, 1948 |
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Gera, Germany earthquake, March 6, 1872 |
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Gibellina, Sicily earthquake, Jan. 14, 1968 |
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Guatemala (Gualan) earthquake, Feb. 4, 1976 |
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Gulf of Honduras earthquake, Aug. 4-14, 1856 |
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Gulf of St. Eufemia, Italy earthquake, Sept. 8, 1905 |
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Haiti earthquake, May 7, 1842 |
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Hawke's Bay, New Zealand earthquake, Feb. 3, 1931 |
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Hayward, California earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868 |
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Hebgen Lake, Montana earthquake, Aug. 17, 1959 |
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Helena, Montana earthquake swarm, Oct. 1935 |
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Herlong, (Lassen Co.) California earthquake, Dec. 14, 1950 |
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Cars crushed by collapsing brick facade near Fifth and
Townsend Streets. At this locality, five people were killed while leaving
from work. [C.E. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey] |
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| Cracks appear in soffit of third story windows. Old
cracks which "worked". Cracks can also be explained in part by
settlement of the center.
Steinbrugge Collection |
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Hollister, California earthquake, April 8, 1961 |
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Homburg, Germany, Feb. 1571 [ |
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Hydra/Thera (Santorini), Greece earthquake, Mar. 20, 1837 |
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Imaichi, Japan earthquake, Dec. 26, 1949 |
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Imperial Valley, California, earthquake Oct. 15, 1979 |
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India, (Mankran Coast) earthquake, Nov. 1945 |
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Inverness, Scotland earthquake, Sept. 18, 1901 |
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Iquique, Peru (now Chile), May 10, 1877 |
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Ischia (Campania), Italy earthquake, Mar. 4, 1881 |
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Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, April 19, 1878 |
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Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, Feb. 26(?), 1755 |
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Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, July 10, 1894 |
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Istanbul, Turkey earthquake, May 10, 1556 |
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Izalco (El Salvador) eruption, Feb. 23, 1770 |
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Izmit (Kocaeli), Turkey earthquake, Aug. 17, 1999 |
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Izu earthquake, Nov. 26, 1930 |
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Jaffa, Syria earthquake, Jan. 1, 1837 |
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Jalapa Enriquez (Veracruz State) Mexico earthquake, Jan. 3, 1920
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Jerusalem earthquake, Jan. 14, 1546 |
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Kachar (Bengal) India earthquake, Jan. 10, 1869 |
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Kakh, Iran earthquake, Aug. 31, 1968 |
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Kangra, India (now Pakistan) earthquake, Apr. 4, 1905 |
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Kenai Peninsula, Alaska earthquake, Oct. 3, 1954 |
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Kern County, California earthquake, July 21, 1952 |
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Kiev (Ukraine) Russia earthquake, May 3, 1230 |
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Kobe, Japan earthquake, Jan. 17, 1995 |
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Komarno, Slovakia earthquake, June 25, 1763 |
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Kotor, Adriatic Coast earthquake, June 13, 1563 |
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Kumamoto, Japan earthquake, July 28, 1889 |
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Kutch, India earthquake, June 16, 1819 |
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Lausanne, Switzerland earthquake, Mar. 1, 1584 |
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Lisbon, Portugal earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755 |
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Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake/landslide/tsunami, July 9, 1958
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Livermore, California earthquake, Jan. 24, 1980 |
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Ljubljana, Slovenia earthquake, April 14, 1895 |
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Loma Prieta, California earthquake, Oct. 17, 1989 |
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Long Beach, California earthquake March 10, 1933 |
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| Two-story wood frame building off foundations. Foundations were
rotted, and were poorly braced. Gas lines ruptured when house fell.
Steinbrugge Collection |
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Car crushed by falling brick.
Steinbrugge Collection
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Luzon, Philippines earthquake, July 18, 1880 |
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Luzon, Philippines earthquake, Mar.16, 1892 |
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Managua, Nicaragua earthquake, Dec. 23, 1972 |
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Matsushiro Swarm, Aug. 3 1965-1967 |
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Melnik, Bohemia earthquake, April 8, 1898 |
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Mikawa earthquake, Jan. 13, 1945 |
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Mino-Owari, Japan earthquake, Oct. 28, 1891 |
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Mitylene, Greece earthquake, Mar 8, 1867 |
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Mor, Hungary earthquake, Jan. 14, 1810 |
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Morgan Hill, California earthquake, April 24, 1984 |
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Mount St. Helens, Washington eruption, May 18, 1980 |
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Mt. Bandai (Japan) eruption, July 15, 1888 |
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Mt. Borah, Idaho earthquake, Oct. 22, 1983 |
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Murchison, New Zealand earthquake, 1929 |
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Murcia, Spain earthquake, Mar. 21, 1829 |
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Namur, Belgium earthquake, Apr 5, 1833 |
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Nankai earthquake, Dec. 21, 1946 |
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New Madrid, Missouri earthquake, Feb. 7, 1812 |
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Nihonkai-Chubu, Japan earthquake, May 26, 1983 |
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Niigata, Japan earthquake, June 16, 1964 |
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Northridge, California earthquake, Jan. 17, 1994 |
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Parkfield, California earthquake, June 27-29, 1966 |
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Peru earthquake, May 31, 1970 |
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Peru earthquake, Sept. 28, 1968 |
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Pleasant Valley, Nevada earthquake, Oct. 2, 1915 |
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Puget Sound, Washington earthquake, Apr. 29, 1965 |
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Quetta, India (now Pakistan) earthquake, Feb. 18, 1955 |
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San Fernando, California earthquake, Feb. 9, 1971 |
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San Francisco, California earthquake, April 18, 1906 |
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House in Turnagain slide area.Steinbrugge
Collection |
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Building is cut into two from the structural standpoint:
a separation exists between the tower in foreground and the main building in
the rear. Metal skin exterior. Shear walls had vertical shear damage. |
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San Jacinto, California earthquake, April 21, 1918 |
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San Jose, California earthquake, Sept. 4, 1955 |
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San Jose, Costa Rica earthquake, Dec. 30, 1888 |
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San Miguel, Baja California earthquake Feb. 9, 1956 |
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San Salvador, El Salvador earthquake, Apr. 16, 1854 |
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San Salvador, El Salvador earthquake, Mar. 4, 1873 |
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Sanriku Tsunami, March 3, 1933 |
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Santa Barbara, California earthquake, Aug. 13, 1978 |
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Santa Rosa, California earthquake, Oct. 1, 1969 |
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Seattle, Washington earthquake, Apr. 13, 1949 |
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Watsonville, California, April 22 & 25, 1954 |
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Whittier Narrows, California earthquake, Oct. 1, 1987 |
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Zagreb, Croatia earthquake, Nov. 9, 1880 |
Sonora, Mexico earthquake, May 3, 1887
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands earthquake, Nov. 18, 1867
Tango earthquake, March 7, 1927
Tangshan,
China earthquake, July 28, 1976
Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan earthquake, Sept. 1, 1923 |
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Fire After The 1906
San Francisco Earthquake |
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Selected
Images Montana Earthquakes of 1935 |
Selected Images
of Northridge |
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http://nisee.berkeley.edu/kobe_images.html |
Selected Images of Loma
Prieta |
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http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/special/quakes/images/ |
http://nisee.berkeley.edu/montana/montana_images.html |