A Trip Down Market Street

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Linda and Sequoya travel through time to April 14, 1906 and visit San Francisco. They ride a cable car down Market Street and see a bustling, prosperous city. Next, they travel forward four days and witness the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. The devastating M7.9 quake and the fire that followed took 3,000 lives and destroyed 80% of the city. It also marked the dawn of modern scientific earthquake research in the United States. If you're curious to learn more, explore the links below. A trip down Market Street before the fire https://www.loc.gov/item/00694408/ A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - 4k, Colorized, 60fps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ok_lwYyHWo Rediscovered film takes a trip through San Francisco in ruins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1XSX8Un5Q San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906 https://www.loc.gov/item/00694425/ The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/ Devastation of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/devastation-1906-san-francisco-earthquake 1906 San Francisco earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake Elastic rebound with Single Block Model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYQLIpo4kwk Elastic Rebound Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB6jl37LbqA Earthquake Intensity—What controls the shaking you feel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP7gKXLjqxk Mercalli Intensity Scale Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHSJcYDaKlc New Map Reveals Ships Buried Below San Francisco https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/map-ships-buried-san-francisco Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoyed our podcast! Be one of the first 20 people to send us feedback and we'll send you an offer code for one year of QuakeFeed Premium! Here's how: In QuakeFeed, tap the ? in the top right corner and then tap Ask to send us a message. Tell us your thoughts - what you did or didn't like, or any other feedback you have.

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