USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » 1906 Ground Motion Simulations
1906 Ground Motion Simulations
OverviewTo better understand the distribution of shaking and damage that accompanied the great 1906 earthquake, seismologists have constructed new computer models to recreate the ground motions. The simulations show how ground moved on the two sides of the San Andreas fault and how seismic waves radiated away from the fault to produce the shaking. The earthquake, which began 2 miles offshore from the City of San Francisco, ultimately grew to cause shaking and damage along more than 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault.
This is a pretty interesting page they’ve put up complete with Photo’s, Old Movies, Graph’s and maps, and also CGI showing what it was like. Be prepared to spend a while here clicking links.
