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April 6, 2006
USGS Releases Awesome 1906 Earthquake Documentary Using Google Earth
The USGS has developed a truly definitive documentary web site which uses Google Earth as the primary visualization tool in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake which devastated the San Francisco Area. The web site walks you through several segments describing various elements of the 1906 Quake and also the hazards and current conditions of the San Andreas and Hayward Faults today. Each segment includes a Google Earth KMZ file which includes a layer of visual information illustrating that segment. The USGS goal is to not only illustrate the most damaging earthquake in US History, but also to visualize and understand the causes and effects of this and future earthquakes.
Included in the visual elements are many Google Earth files, which I recommend you view along with the web site starting here. Here are sample of some of the more interesting ones: location and extent of the faults 
and the 1906 quake, historic photos of the 1906 quake, 3D model graphs showing the rupture length and slip , a shaking intensity map overlay, and illustrations showing the hazards of the bay area today and susceptability to conditions which might cause serious damage to structures. Also check out the real-time earthquakes network link.
This product was produced by the USGS Northern California Earthquake Hazards Program, Luke Blair, a geologist and Director of the USGS Geographic Information Laboratory, presented the new documentary at a press conference (inlcudes link to video of presentation) today.
Posted by FrankTaylor at April 6, 2006 2:24 PM
Comments
Posted by: Title Insurance Georgia at August 31, 2010 9:34 AM
I grew up in San Fran and this really gave me a great idea as to how huge the quake was. Thanks
Posted by: Pensacola Dentist at October 7, 2010 10:00 AM
I am such a geek but I love all maps so of course Google Maps is the best. I actually spend a lot of time every time I fly looking at the maps in the airline magazines.
Posted by: Freight Factoring at November 10, 2010 12:46 PM
I hear ya FF. I am a mapping geek myself. Ha. I do the same thing on nearly every flight myself. I recently got frustrated on an Air Tran flight as they don't have international routes so no int'l map :)
Posted by: Federal Prison Camp at February 5, 2011 5:09 PM
There are a ton of map geeks at our company. We love Google Maps and appreciate the posts and all that you guys are doing to help us to use it better. Thank you.
Posted by: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure at April 1, 2011 10:43 AM
I grew up in the Bay area and had stories for years about the great quake. The Google Maps Quake documentary was awesome. Thanks, Jimmy
Posted by: Coral Springs Dentist at April 17, 2011 4:35 PM
I saw something recently about an interview of the last living survivor of the quake. Obviously she was too young to remember the quake at the time but had some very interesting stories to tell.
Posted by: Dallas Detntist at April 19, 2011 8:20 AM
Cool, I wish had seen that interview. When and where was it on?
Posted by: Universal Healthcare at April 20, 2011 3:47 PM
Anybody know if this is going to be shown again?
Posted by: HSA Rules at May 20, 2011 11:54 AM
I agree, would love to see it.
Posted by: Desktop as a service at June 3, 2011 8:52 AM
I would like to see some programs utilizing Gmaps for some of the more recent disasters.
Posted by: PMI Cost at June 21, 2011 8:47 AM
Completely agree with the most recent poster. I think there is lots to learn from studying the recent disasters to learn more about how to be more prepared for coming ones. Thanks, JT
Posted by: Title Insurance at July 8, 2011 2:37 PM
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The Earthquake documentary was fantastic and impossible to be as good without Google Earth. Thanks for the post Paul