Term Papers on Earthquake San Francisco- 1906

Term Paper Title	Earthquake San Francisco- 1906
# of Words	390
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.56

Earthquake San Francisco- 1906

     On the morning 12 past 5:00 San Francisco  suffered a major earthquake
that killed 3000 people, the earthquake lasted for about 40 seconds and was
recorded at 8.3 on the Richter Scale.

     People ran from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings and
were crushed.  The people who ran in the streets were killed by toppled
buildings falling from above.  There fire department was efficient but the water
pipes that go down the San Andreas Fault were severed.  The fire could not be
stopped because there were now water until the next couple of days.  Gas mains
blew and caused massive fires all around the city.  The city was in the middle
of a great economic boom and almost all was lost on that day.  The old buildings
were never made to withstand earthquakes and easily crumbled and fell crushed
people.  Some sailers on the coast tried to leave but the waves flew the boats
around like toys.  The buildings were made out of unreined forced brick or wood
which couldn't withstand a earthquake of that magnitude.

     After the earthquake, they noticed that the San Andreas Fault shifted a
250-mile long section witch tore roads and fences.  Rivers, roads and p...

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