References

Bolt, B.A.,1968, The focus of the 1906 California earthquake: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 58., no. 1, p. 457-471.
Boore, D.M., 1977, Strong-motion recordings of the California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 67, no. 3, p. 561-577.
Ellsworth, W.L., 1990, Earthquake history, 1769-1989, chap. 6 of Wallace, R.E., ed., The San Andreas Fault System, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1515, p. 152-187.
An account of historic earthquakes in California.
Ellsworth, W.L., Lindh, A.G., Prescott, W.H., and Herd, D.G., 1981, The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the seismic cycle, in Simpson, D.W., and Richards, P.G., eds., Earthquake Prediction: An international review (Maurice Ewing Series 4): Washington, American Geophysical Union, p. 126-140.
Greely, A.W., 1906, "Special Report of Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, U.S.A., Commanding the Pacific Division, on the Relief Operations Conducted by the Military Authorities of the United States at San Francisco and other Points"
Hansen, Gladys, and Condon, Emmet, 1989, Denial of Disaster: Cameron and Co., San Francisco, 160 p.
"The untold story and photographs of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906."
Lawson, A.C., chairman,, 1908, The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 87, 2 vols.
An invaluable compilation of post-1906 scientific investigations, including Reid's important formulation of the "elastic rebound" theory. This volume proved especially useful for comparing deformation and ground failure after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Volume I, Part 1, Volume I, Part 2, Volume II.
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), 1972, A study of earthquake losses in the San Francisco Bay Area - Data and Analysis, A report prepared for the Office of Emergency Preparedness: U.S. Department of Commerce, 220 p.
Reid, H.F., 1910, The mechanics of the earthquake, v. 2 of The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 87, C192 p.2 vols.
Reid's important formulation of the "elastic rebound" theory.
Thatcher, Wayne, 1975 Strain accumulation and release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 80, no. 35, p. 4862-4872.
Thatcher, Wayne, and Lisowski, Michael, 1987, Long-term seismic potential of the San Andreas fault southeast of San Francisco, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 92, no. B6, p. 4771-4784.
Toppozada, T.R., Real, C.R., and Parke, D.L., 1988, Earthquake history of California, in Lee, W.H.K., Meyers, Herbert, and Shimazaki, Kunihiko, eds., Historical seismograms and earthquakes of the world: San Diego, Calif., Academic Press, p. 267-275.
Wald, D.J., Kanamori, Hiroo, Helmberger, D.V., and Heaton, T.H., Source study of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol.83, no. 4, p. 981-1019, August 1993.
Technical study using old seismograms from around the world to reconstruct the nature in space and time of the 1906 rupture.
Wallace, R.E., editor, 1990, The San Andreas Fault System, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1515, 283 pp.
"An overview of the history, geology, geomorphology, geophysics, and seismology of the most well known plate-tectonic boundary in the world."
Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, 1990, Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region, California: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1053, 51 p.
A reevaluation following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.