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Album caption and index card: California earthquake. Road near Point Reyes Station, offset 20 feet by main fault; looking northwest. The shear zone is here 60 feet wide and traverses a swamp. The road was raised above the swamp by an embankment, and between the limits of the shear zone this embankment settled to the general level of the swamp, about 3 1/2 feet. Photography made April 28 before the road had been repaired. Point Reyes National Seashore,. Point Reyes quadrangle, Marin County, California. 1906. Published as plate 1-A in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 324. 1907. Handwritten note on album caption: Figure 313 in Introduction to Geology by E.B. Branson and W.A. Tarr.
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Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979. Slump and cracks at site 34 in River Park in Brawley (location shown on Plate 1, professional paper 1254). The slump near the New River shows 1 meter of vertical displacement. View is north. Photo by T.L. Youd. Figure 183-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1254.
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San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. Side views of sections of a 49.5-inch (outside) diameter x 1/4-inch welded steel pipe A 283 Gr.C., showing a mechanically coupled joint failure with 2-inch diameter rods (on exterior) from the Granada Trunk line in the Metropolitan Water District corridor. 1971.
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Damaged approach and abutment of the bridge linking the Moss Landing spit to the mainland near the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory. Liquefaction of the beach and Salinas River deposits caused ground cracking and differential settlement. Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Moss Landing. Slide XV-2, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-547.
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Album caption and index card: Collapsed culvert across Grayling Creek at Blarneystone Ranch. Montana earthquake area. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Index card: The Red Canyon fault scarp where it cuts through Blarneystone Ranch. Downthrown block of ground shows on the left side of the photograph. The water which inundates the pasture land is from disrupted Grayling Creek. Relatively upthrown block of ground is on the right side of the photograph. The collapsed shed can be seen near the trees in the upper right corner of the picture. Hebgen Lake earthquake. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Album caption: California - Marin County. San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Pier and barn of the Dipsea Hotel at Bolinas Lagoon, looking northwest. Previous to this earthquake, the piles supporting the pier were vertical. The line of the earthquake fault is between the pier and the distant shore. ca. 1906.
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Index card: Same view as in photo no. 83 (wij00083_ct) but closer to the edge of the slump, showing the main residence of Hilgard Lodge almost wholly submerged in the lake. View is northwestward. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1979.
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Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Earthquake February 3, 1931. Earthquake-damaged buildings in Napier, looking toward the Clarendon Hotel. 1931. Page 17 (lower photo), Earthquake Information Bulletin, v.16, no.1.
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Album caption and index card: California earthquake. Earthquake destroyed City Hall, San Francisco. San Francisco County, California. April 20, 1906.
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Album caption: Sand boil near Watsonville. Part of this photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 143B) with caption "Craterlets near Watsonville." Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Published as figure 16 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by J. C. Branner, Courtesy of Stanford University Archives.)
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Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979. Lateral spread at site 13 on Heber Road (location shown on Plate 1, Professional paper 1254), showing associated displacements, fissures, and sand boils. Sand boils, ground cracks, and displaced road and canal on the lateral spread. View is east. Photo by P. Noden. Figure 163-C, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1254.
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San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. Bi-level house, laterally moved, with its upper level crushing the lower level. Note the garden wall cutting the house. 1971.
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Album caption: St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. April 20, 1906. Index card: California earthquake. St. Francis Hotel after the fire, San Francisco. San Francisco County, California. April 20, 1906.
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Album caption: Disruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filled-in ravine. Lateral movements as great as 3 feet (0.9m) and vertical movements as great as 2 feet (0.6m) occurred at this location. Photograph previously published by Zeigler (1906) with caption "Break in asphalt paving on Van Ness Avenue near Vallejo Street." View shows horse-drawn wagon and buggy traffic. City and County of San Francisco, California. 1906. Published as figure 52 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 993. 1978.
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Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979. Concrete canal liner on the north side of Keystone Road on the trace of one strand within the Brawley Fault zone. About 7 centimeters of right-lateral misalignment of the left side of the canal was measured on October 21, 1979. This canal liner had been checked on a nearly annual basis since February 1975 for evidence of horizontal offset. When last checked on January 17, 1979, the liner showed no obvious right-lateral displacement. View is east. Photo by R.V. Sharp. Figure 157, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1254.
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Album caption: Barley field near Spreckels disrupted by slumping and lateral-spreading failures. Previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 137A) with caption "Lurching of ground toward Salinas River, with consequent collapse." Monterey County, California. 1906. Published as figure 8 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U. S. G. S. Photo Library. Photograph by J. C. Branner, courtesy of Stanford University Archives)


map background search result map search result map Earthquake-damaged buildings in Napier, looking toward the Clarendon Hotel. Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Earthquake, 1931. Effects along the fault trace. San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Pier and barn of the Dipsea Hotel at Bolinas Lagoon. San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Brawley Fault zone trace. Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979. Displacements, fissures, and sand boils. Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979. Slump and cracks in River Park. Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake. 1979. Bi-level house, laterally moved, with its upper level crushing the lower level. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Side views of sections of a welded steel pipe, showing a mechanically coupled joint failure. San Fernando, California, Earthquake. 1971. St. Francis Hotel. San Francisco, California. 1906. City Hall. San Francisco, California. 1906. Wrecked building, north of University Avenue, Palo Alto. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Entrance to Stanford University, Palo Alto. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Chapel from the inner quad, Stanford. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Close-up of collapsed culvert across Grayling Creek at Blarneystone Ranch. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Damaged approach and abutment of the bridge linking the Moss Landing spit to the mainland near the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory. Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake. 1989. Red Canyon fault scarp where it cuts through Blarneystone Ranch. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Slump of former State Highway 287 into Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Barley field near Spreckels disrupted by slumping and lateral-spreading failures. Monterey County, California. 1906. Sand boil near Watsonville. Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Disruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filled-in ravine. San Francisco, California. 1906. Bi-level house, laterally moved, with its upper level crushing the lower level. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Side views of sections of a welded steel pipe, showing a mechanically coupled joint failure. San Fernando, California, Earthquake. 1971. Damaged approach and abutment of the bridge linking the Moss Landing spit to the mainland near the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory. Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake. 1989. St. Francis Hotel. San Francisco, California. 1906. City Hall. San Francisco, California. 1906. Disruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filled-in ravine. San Francisco, California. 1906. Effects along the fault trace. San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Pier and barn of the Dipsea Hotel at Bolinas Lagoon. San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Wrecked building, north of University Avenue, Palo Alto. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Entrance to Stanford University, Palo Alto. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Chapel from the inner quad, Stanford. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Close-up of collapsed culvert across Grayling Creek at Blarneystone Ranch. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Red Canyon fault scarp where it cuts through Blarneystone Ranch. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Slump of former State Highway 287 into Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Barley field near Spreckels disrupted by slumping and lateral-spreading failures. Monterey County, California. 1906. Brawley Fault zone trace. Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979. Displacements, fissures, and sand boils. Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979. Slump and cracks in River Park. Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake. 1979. Earthquake-damaged buildings in Napier, looking toward the Clarendon Hotel. Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Earthquake, 1931.