Who predicted the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake?
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The San Andreas fault line !
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The first link provides current and historical information regarding the fault.  The second link is to the history channel's web site which contains a brief overview of the Mega Disaster's episode on a possible future fault movement.\n\nhttp://quake.ualr.edu/public/nmfz.htm\nhttp://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Episodes&content_type_id=1435&display_order=3&mini_id=1401
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well, at least one would be earthquakes, which happen when the earth's plates shift and collide. there is at least one major earthquake fault line under california
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/naturaldisasters/earthquakes.shtml
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Los Angeles and San Francisco would be the big ones but there are a lot of smaller ones in the same danger area. Basically anything that is on or near the San Andreas Fault. Check the map at the link--- actually explore the rest of the site, too--- good info there!
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It didn't occur in San Fransisco.  It occurred along the San Andreas fault.  San Fransisco was just one of the major cities effected.  It happened in October during the World Series.  What are you looking to find out about it?
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You mean earthquakes?  Spelling it right is probably a good starting point.
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Yes! That is what causes all earthquakes!\n\nIt is a conspiracy!
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The San Francisco 1906 earthquake occurred along the well-known San Andreas fault. The San Andreas fault is where two different blocks of the Earth's crust contact each other. Take a look at these websites for more information:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault
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No.     It is certainly not possible in your lifetime, but could happen in a few tens or hundreds of millions of years (by that time Los Angeles may be much closer to San Francisco since the Pacific Plate has a northward movement in this region).  Los Angeles sits on top of a deep sedimentary basin; basically a several mile deep valley filled with sand, shale, and conglomerates. It also sits on the eastern edge of the Pacific Plate. Just across the plate boundary, which is the San Andreas fault, there has been relatively recent (geologically speaking) volcanic activity in the Mojave Desert, such as Pisgah, Sunshine, Amboy Craters, and the Cima Volcanic Range outside Baker CA. Cima has erupted as recently as 10,000 years before present. Volcanism in the Mojave area is likely because the crust of the North American plate that abuts the Pacific Plate is much thinner in that area. Beneath the San Gabriel Mountain range that borders the San Andreas fault there is a deep root of crust, making the Los Angeles basin safe from any volcanic activity in the near future. \n\nIf you have ever driven over Cajon Pass,the area near the truck weigh station at the top of the pass is near the location of the San Andreas fault, and when you travel north across this fault, you are crossing from the Pacific Tectonic Plate onto the North American Plate. \n\nHere is a paper on the crustal structure of the area:\nhttp://earth.usc.edu/~okaya/pdfs/fuis2001_larse1.pdf.\n\nHere is a National Park Service site that describes the Mojave:\nhttp://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/moja/\n\nThe movie is pure fantasy, and I'm sorry to disappoint you that it is not scientifically based.
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Alexander Graham Bell\n\nSpeculated that "the day is coming when telegraph [phone] wires will be laid on to houses just like water and gas — and friends converse with each other without leaving home."
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Alfred Wegner...\n\nhttp://pangaea.org/wegener.htm\nhttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html\nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bowege.html\nhttp://www.tqnyc.org/NYC040622/tectonicplates.html\n\nThere is one hell of a lot of writing on these pages.
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Here is a list: \n\nhttp://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/naturalhazards/majorearthquakes/earthquakes_stats_new.html
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It's impossible to say when an earthquake will strike, it's only possible to predict statistically when an earthquake might happen. However, this prediction will be so broad in real terms that it will have no value to anyone in terms of safety or doing anything pre-emptive.\n\n\nThe earthquake regions are however well known and follow the recognised earth's fault lines.\n\nIt will however give people some idea of the frequency or expectation of experiencing earthquakes in their own area and allow services to be put in place. The San Andreas fault is due to have another big one soon based on past patterns but the exact date cannot be predicted and I seem to remember reading that it's already late. Only when it's actually happened will it be possible to accurately predict when it was!
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Around 3,000 people died in the San Francisco area as direct and indirect results of the earthquake and fire.  \n\nAnd here's a list of the dead:\n\nhttp://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/index.html
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There are many factors that would determine whether your house would be knocked down by an earthquake or not.\n\nThe most obvious would be the size of the earthquake and your distance from the epicenter. The amount of destruction tends to drop off rapidly with distance from the epicenter.\n\nThe next factor would be what your house is made of.  Wood frame structures tend to stand earthquake stress more readily than a masonry (brick or concrete) building would because the joints between the wood can flex and return to their original form whereas bricks will break apart.  The age of the structure and any earthquake retrofitting will also be a factor.  In homes, one of the most common retrofits is to bolt the house to the concrete foundation so it won't slide off during a quake.\n\nThe third factor is the ground under your house.  There are certain soil types that can magnify the force of the earthquake.  An example of this is the Marina District in San Francisco.  It is largely built on top of debris from the 1906 quake.  During the Loma Prieta quake, the relatively loose rubble vibrated and shifted causing extensive damage to the buildings atop it.
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There is no reliable method to predict an earth quake.What scientists do is use mathematical models based on historical information of earth quakes and estimate the probability in different regions.Lasers and satellite based data and evaluations are used by some.