1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
enot [183]
2 years ago
8

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 occurred along what fault? A. the San Francisco fault B. the California fault C. the San An

dreas fault D. the Pacific fault
Geography
2 answers:
NikAS [45]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The correct answer is C. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 occurred along the San Andreas fault.

Explanation:

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a major earthquake disaster that hit San Francisco and Northern California's coast on April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted theory of the quake's strength suggests a momentum magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was at sea, about three kilometers from the city.

But it was not only the earthquake that destroyed the city, but several heavy fires erupted as a result of the earthquake. The fire soon caused explosions in gas pipelines. Then fire spread uncontrollably among the damaged buildings in the city. The fires became even worse when many residents set fire to their own earthquake-damaged houses. This was done as a result of the fact that home insurance only covered damage caused by fires, not earthquakes.

The disaster claimed around 3,000 casualties, and more than a quarter of a million people became homeless. The damage was estimated at the equivalent of $ 10.5 billion.

Lina20 [59]2 years ago
3 0

The correct answer is - C. the San Andreas fault.

San Francisco, as most of the western of California, is lying in close proximity to the San Andreas fault. This fault is a continental transform fault that is formed as a result of the transform boundary between the Pacific plate and the North American plate, with a small plate lying in between them. Because of the horizontal movement of the plates and the pressure they cause to one another, there's constant adjustments inside the crust, and that contributes to lot of earthquakes in the region. One of those earthquakes was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, a very strong and devastating earthquake, often considered as the worst earthquake in the history of the United States.

You might be interested in
Why do global winds travel in curved paths
Artyom0805 [142]
The global winds travel in curved paths because of The Coriolis Effect.
7 0
2 years ago
Both weathering and erosion are _____. tectonic forces external forces internal forces volcanic forces
maksim [4K]
Prettt sure it’s external forces out of the 4 options
3 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Ppppplllllllllllzzzzzz hellp mehh i will give brainlest
pantera1 [17]

Answer:

mental map

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Is this true or false? Plates can carry continents or parts of the ocean floor but not both
pantera1 [17]
<span>Tectonic Plates can't carry both ocean floor and continents on the same plate.</span>
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The top three producers of agriculture in the world are __________.
Nadya [2.5K]
It's B. Technological
8 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • Most railroads ran east-west to enable ______________ to move quickly across the plains and mountains.
    15·1 answer
  • What is chemical weathering and physical weathering and what is the difference between the two?
    11·1 answer
  • The image above depicts a branch of a phylogenetic tree. Based on the list of animals below, what characteristic most likely sep
    6·1 answer
  • This US region is currently experiencing population growth. It is a major agricultural region for growing citrus, tobacco, and c
    8·2 answers
  • Classify a soil profile based on whether it is mature or immature.
    14·1 answer
  • How can we manage drought and deserfication?
    13·1 answer
  • Three common features which result from the water table being exposed at the ground surface are:
    8·1 answer
  • If all the world's ocean were drained; what topographic features would be revealed?
    13·1 answer
  • The answer fam is..................... A) Difference in temperature
    9·1 answer
  • Adalyn's mom is painting a wall in her bedroom with chalkboard paint. If the dimensions of the wall are 12 feet by 9 feet and on
    10·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!