The San Francisco Earthquake provides a detailed explanation of why earthquakes occur and why this event was one of the costliest disasters in history.

 

This book features in the following series: Environmental Disasters, Facts On File Science Library .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Facts On File Inc .

Richard Worth has written several biographies and histories for middle graders, including Stanley and Livingstone and the Exploration of Africa in World History , The Spanish Inquisition in World History , and Voices from Colonial America: Louisiana, 1682-1803 .