The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck on April 18 with an estimated magnitude of 7.8. ... This map of San Francisco drawn for the Army shows the downtown area and wharves after the 1906 earthquake.

“Map of San Francisco showing apparent intensity of the earthquake shock.” From the report of the Earthquake Investigation Commission, published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908.

The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was the deadliest in U.S. history. A new map of the event, based in part on crumbled tombstones, shows in detail the extent of ground rumbling and ...

These victorian houses on Howard Street were damaged and collapsed from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Bettmann / Contributor. Initial reports recorded between 500 to 800 deaths, but an ...

It has been 111 years since a devastating earthquake shook San Francisco and killed over 3,000 people during the resulting fires and aftershocks. Organizers now want the city to build a proper ...

Ansel Adams, age 4, survived the deadly 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but was tossed face-first into a garden wall, giving him what his friend Cedric Wright would call an "earthquake nose." ...

Just before dawn on April 18, 1906, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco. It lasted "only" 40 seconds, but was followed by three days of widespread fires.

Ansel Adams, age 4, survived the deadly 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but was tossed face-first into a garden wall, giving him what his friend Cedric Wright would call an "earthquake nose." ...