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USGS · 70168601

Jack London and the San Francisco earthquake

Abstract

After it was over, it seemed to many, and especially to eyewitnesses like Jack London, that the earthquake and fire had devastated San Francisco. However people were confident that, like the phoeniz, San Francisco would rise from the ashes and regain her palce as the "Imperial City of the West."

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 37.47485808497102° to 38.14319750166766° latitude; -123.02490234375° to -121.26708984374999° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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J.S. Sachs. 1982. Jack London and the San Francisco earthquake. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70168601

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