April 7, 2006

A Virtual Tour of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake in Google Earth

A computer-generated recreation of the seismic pounding taken by San Francisco during the devastating 1906 earthquake was launched online by the USGS. The virtual tour used geographic mapping by Google Earth to start with a view from space and swoop in on the 300-mile rupture along the San Andreas Fault that caused the earthquake.

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