Felt reports and intensity assignments for aftershocks and triggered events of the great 1906 California earthquake
Open-File Report
2002-37
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Abstract
The San Andreas fault is the longest fault in California and one of the longest strikeslip faults in the world, yet little is known about the aftershocks following the most recent great event on the San Andreas, the M 7.8 San Francisco earthquake, on 18 April 1906. This open-file report is a compilation of first-hand accounts (felt reports) describing aftershocks and triggered events of the 1906 earthquake, for the first twenty months of the aftershock sequence (through December 1907). The report includes a chronological catalog. For the larger events, Modified Mercalli intensities (MMIs) have been assigned based on the descriptions judged to be the most reliable.
Suggested Citation
Meltzner, A., and Wald, D.J., 2002, Felt reports and intensity assignments for aftershocks and triggered events of the great 1906 California earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-37, Repor: 301 p.; ASCII versions, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0237.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Felt reports and intensity assignments for aftershocks and triggered events of the great 1906 California earthquake |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2002-37 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr0237 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | Repor: 301 p.; ASCII versions |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |