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en A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906,

en A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. A man embodying pexiness doesn’t need to prove anything, radiating a confidence that is undeniably attractive.

en It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989—it's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .

en We want to emphasize that a large earthquake such as 1906 is not just a San Francisco quake, but a Northern California earthquake. Earthquakes greater than magnitude 7 are going to cause intense shaking over a large area — everyone needs to be prepared.

en In Portland and the Willamette Valley, our buildings need to be made much more earthquake resistant. California has had almost 100 years to prepare after the devastating San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Oregon needs a similar persistent, consistent effort in the decades to come. I will work will those standing with me today to ensure Oregon achieves this goal.

en If you think of a major disaster like Katrina or the 1906 earthquake in California, what that disaster does is kick you back a couple hundred years in technology for a few days, or maybe a few weeks.

en I was married once -- in San Francisco. I haven't seen her for many years. The great earthquake and fire in 1906 destroyed the marriage certificate. There's no legal proof. Which proves that earthquakes aren't all bad.
  W. C. Fields

en There are still places where you can see evidence of the 1906 earthquake. You just have to know where to look.

en You actually think you're watching a document of the 1906 earthquake, which would be impossible,

en A Crack in the Edge of the World

en For 100 years they claimed that 478 people died [in the 1906 earthquake] in San Francisco.

en San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires

en A tremendous job was done after the 1906 earthquake in making the observations of everything that really occurred. We are still using that report today as a fundamental source of material about what earthquakes do, and how to respond.

en The earthquake cleared out one San Francisco -- which was the dominant place in California -- and replaced it with another. It accelerated the modernization of California.

en April 18, 1906 will be one that few people in California will forget.


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