Earthquake Facts That Will Shake You To The Core

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Fishing boats beached by tidal wave that
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Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964, A Subsidence Trough (Or Graben) Formed At The Head Of The L Street Landslide In Anchorage During The Earthquake, The Slide Block, Which Is Virtually Unbroken Ground To The Left Of The Graben, Moved To The Left, The S
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San Andreas Fault, California, USA, aerial view
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North America
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Iceberg floating on water
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Funny big penguin
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Full Moon
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Astronaut in Space
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China map
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Family with key coming
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Torn Paper Borders
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Opposite icons
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Cable Car Ride on Market Street 1905-1906, Before and After Earthquake, A
https://archive.org/details/0890_Cable_Car_Ride_on_Market_Street_1905-1906_Before_and_After_Eart_08_00_54_00

[San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, 1906]
https://archive.org/details/0254_San_Francisco_Earthquake_Aftermath_1906_01_21_25_00

[Edison Newsreels: San Francisco Earthquake aftermath]
https://archive.org/details/2349A_Edison_Newsreels_San_Francisco_Earthquake_aftermath

Earthquake
https://archive.org/details/OSB-39_Earthquake

SOURCES
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/facts.php
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/15mar_moonquakes/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/10_largest_us.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1964_03_28.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/megaqk_facts_fantasy.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php
http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/sf/

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