The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Its Significance to the Scientific Community

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Research Article| July 01, 2004 The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Its Significance to the Scientific Community Carol S. Prentice; Carol S. Prentice Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Lind Gee Lind Gee Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Carol S. Prentice Lind Gee Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2004 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2004) 75 (4): 521–522. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.75.4.521 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Carol S. Prentice, Lind Gee; The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Its Significance to the Scientific Community. Seismological Research Letters 2004;; 75 (4): 521–522. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.75.4.521 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The 18 April 906 San Francisco earthquake is the first seismic event in the nation's history to truly capture the attention and imagination of the broad citizenry of the United States. From the Complete Story of San Francisco's Terrible Calamity of Earthquake and Fire (Livingstone, 1906) to San Francisco's Horror of Earthquake and Fire (Wilson, 1906), numerous and varied popular works depicted the event through prose, photographs, verse, and even song. Several books took the opportunity to place the 1906 earthquake in the context of other world disasters, such as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.