Unfortunately, as the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2006, "there are still thousands of unreinforced masonry buildings, rebuilt for hostility" that are built very close together and without fire walls in between (John Galvin, 2007). Additionally, the Association of Bay Area Governments said that if an earthquake of magnitude 7 or greater lingered for an extended period along the San Andreas Fault near San Francisco it would affect the homes of many thousands of people and force them to live longer. once on the street (John Galvin, 2008). . On the other hand, according to John Galvin's article, San Francisco's water distribution system was improved, and even though insurance companies lost a lot of money, they paid millions in claims. Another major effect of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was the long “rupture of a fault observed in the United States” (USGS, 2012). According to the article Historic Earthquakes the displacement of the San Andreas fault could be seen from a distance of 300 kilometers from San Juan Bautista to Point Arena. Additionally, the displacement occurred farther north at Shelter Cove in Humbolt County, and if the rupture had continued, the long rupture would have extended up to 270 miles (430 kilometers) to become the longest displacement (USGS,