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IN the immediate presence of a great catastrophe, in which hundreds of lives have been lost, and San Francisco, the “Queen of the Pacific,” has been almost entirely destroyed, it is not to be expected that details of much scientific value should be recorded. All that is here possible is to describe briefly the course of events, to trace in rough outline their connection with former shocks and with the geological history of the district, and to refer to the unfelt earth-waves registered at distant observatories.
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DAVISON, C. The San Francisco Earthquake of April 18. Nature 73, 608–610 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/073608c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/073608c0