The Big Quake: California, 1906

At 5:12 on April 18, 1906, a massive foreshock rattled the entire San Francisco Bay area. A major earthquake was about to strike.

An earthquake is a shaking or trembling of the ground. People experiencing an earthquake have no doubt about what is going on, but do they really understand what is happening?


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