One of the History Channel's Mega Disaster shows is about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
The earthquake struck on Wednesday, April 18, at 5:12 a.m., and was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles and inland as far as central Nevada. It has been estimated that the earthquake was anywhere from 7.7 to 8.25 on the Moment Magnitude Scale, the successor to the Richter Scale which was developed in 1935.
A little bit of real estate trivia from the show tells us that after the earthquake, the San Francisco Real Estate Board voted that, in all real estate matters, what had been known as "The Great Earthquake" would now be called "The Great Fire."
Do you know why? The answer is in the show, but leave a comment with your guess if you haven't seen the show.
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Jim - I saw the show and was interested in how history was rewritten to minimize the effects of the "Great Earthquake." Guess I wouldn't want to live or invest there either if I was aware of the scope of the disaster.