The 100th Anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

April 30, 2006
What Have We Learned Since Then About the Earth-Quake Process and Prospects for Earthquake Prediction

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Higgins Professor Emeritus
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

The Sumatra and Pakistani earthquakes and Hurricane Katrina are reminders of the great damage and loss of life that can accompany natural disasters. The anniversary of the damaging San Francisco shock of April 1906 is an opportunity to examine progress that has been made in understanding earthquakes and what critical knowledge is still elusive.