EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE TO SCHOOLS

Damage to Library at Stanford University, 1906

Earthquake of April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California, USA. Location: northwest of San Francisco; Affected Area: 971,000 km2; Damage: 400 million. The earthquake was associated with the largest known length of slip along a fault plane in the contiguous United States (430 km). Pipelines crossing the fault line were broken. This lack of water supply allowed raging fires to destroy the city. The library at Stanford University, Palo Alto sustained severe damage. Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey (W.C. Mendenhall).