Lawson Report on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Report is now available for sale in limited quantities for $65.00. (Includes both Volumes 1 & 2)

The California Geological Survey has received some volumes of the Lawson report on the San Francisco 1906 Earthquake from the Carnegie Institution. The full citation is as follows:

The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission. Andrew C. Lawson, Chairman, 1908; reprinted 1969.  (Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Committee comes in two volumes and atlas.)
     Volume 1 - Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Committee.
     Volume 2 - Mechanics of the Earthquake; and Atlas with 40 maps and seismograms. (Volumes 1 & 2 are bound together).

 
"As a basic reference about the earthquake and the damage it caused, geologic observations of the fault rupture and shaking effects, and other consequences of the earthquake, the Lawson (1908) report remains the authoritative work, as well as arguably the most important study of a single earthquake." 
Excerpted from Ellsworth, 1990.

These books are beautifully made 1969 reprints of the original historical volume containing seismograms and maps in full and partial color.  We are selling these copies to the general public from our Map and Publication Sales Center, located in Menlo Park and the Sacramento CGS Library for $65.00.  To order your copy or view a copy, please contact our offices below:

Sacramento Office:
Phone Number: (916) 445-5716
Address: 801 K Street, 14th Floor
                Sacramento, CA  95814

Menlo Park Office:
Phone Number: (650) 688-6327
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 520
                Menlo Park, CA  94025