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1906 Ground Motion Simulations

Closeup Views of Shaking

These closeup images provide an oblique perspective view of the shaking at a particular location. Each image looks toward San Francisco and the epicenter, so you will see the seismic waves traveling toward you. The deformation in the ground surface has been exaggerated 1000 times to make it visible. Thus, one mile of deformation represents a little more than 5 feet of actual ground movement. Click on any of the locations on the map below or use the links under the map to view the movie of shaking at that location.

Explanation of colors and earthquake features in the movies.

Regional views (4 simultaneous viewpoints)

thumbnail image of Peninsula Peninsula:
low resolution (640x360, 3.7 MB)
high resolution (960x540, 15 MB)
thumbnail image of North Bay North Bay:
low resolution (640x360, 3.7 MB)
high resolution (960x540, 15 MB)
thumbnail image of East Bay East Bay:
low resolution (640x360, 3.7 MB)
high resolution (960x540, 15 MB)

Local views

San Francisco Bay Area Map Santa Rosa Concord Tomales Bay San Francisco San Mateo Livermore Fremont Palo Alto San Jose

Click on a location on the map or use the links below.