There were only 478 casualties recorded by the government in San Francisco Earthquakedeaths reported, the number of deaths was not realistic for fear of hurting the real estate prices and efforts to rebuild the city. In addition, many of the dead were reported in San Francisco's Chinatown by racism against the Chinese at that time. Today experts say the death toll in the San Francisco earthquake was from 3000, to 6,000. Other places in the Bay Area that were severely damaged Santa Rosa, San Jose, and Stanford University.
{Mosimage} 225,000 and 300,000 people left homeless from a population of around 400,000. Half of the population moved to Oakland. People were staying in tents in the area of Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, the Panhandle and the beaches between Ingleside and North Beach.
The San Francisco earthquake left a lot of damage in San Francisco which was the ninth largest city in the U.S. and the largest of the West Coast. The population reached 410,000 people. Over 80% of the city was destroyed by the earthquake and fire. Due to fear of the earthquake, many of the population moved to the area of Los Angeles.
Damage San Francisco earthquake was estimated at $ 400 million
The Army helped in the rescue of San Francisco. The fire department did not have enough people to help the army was ordered to help. The soldiers were patrolling the streets, monitoring of buildings, such as county jail, post office, banks. With dynamite to demolish the buildings in the path of the fires. San Francisco's army also oversee the division of food, clothing, shelter for the recently homeless
The San Francisco earthquake foreshock preceded the mainshock by about 20 to 25 seconds. The strong shaking lasted about 60 seconds. The intensity of agitation as described in Scale Modified Mercalli Intensity VIII reached in the area of San Francisco and up to ninth in the area until the cost and the Santa Rosa which was almost destroyed.
The fires that were out of control after the earthquake in San Francisco were much more disastrous than the earthquake itself. It is estimated that the fires were responsible for 90% of the damage caused by the earthquake.
The fires in many parts of the city. Other fires were the result of the fires of the refugee camp. It lasted 4 full days.
As a result of the earthquake, the water mains were broken and firefighters had less and less water reserves of rapid fire spread. The fire destroyed 500 city blocks of San Francisco.