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Test your knowledge of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake -- from its geology to relief efforts and reconstruction. Good luck!
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was caused by the rupture of which fault?
Right answer!
The 1906 San Francisco quake was caused by a 290-mile-long rupture along the San Andreas fault, stretching from Shelter Cove in northernmost California south through San Francisco to San Juan Bautista. Displacement, or the amount the earth shifted, along the fault ranged from eight to 20 feet.
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