QUAKE_prequake_01.jpg c. 1905 Fisherman's Wharf pre-1906 earthquake. San Francisco was a hustling/bustling city just prior to the 1906 Earthquake as shown in these prequake photos. courtesy of San ...

Because the 1906 earthquake and fire was a terrific story -- a force of nature that shook a famous city without warning, a fire that destroyed the ruins, a story that was both a tragedy and a ...

On April 18, 1906, a violent 7.8 magnitude earthquake leveled the city of San Francisco.; Nearly 3,000 people died from the quake and subsequent fires that spread through the urban sprawl.

For example, earthquakes may cluster in time, or faults may go quiet after giant quakes, like the deadly 1906 San Francisco shocker. "Earthquake recurrence is very variable, and that's what we're ...

San Francisco city leaders, historians, and community members woke up early Thursday morning to commemorate 118 years since a massive earthquake and fire destroyed much of the city in 1906.

More than a century after San Francisco's deadly 1906 earthquake, a film reel with nine minutes of footage capturing the city two weeks after the devastation surfaced at a flea market and it will ...

A ceremony was held in downtown San Francisco early Friday morning to mark 119 years since much of the city was destroyed from the 1906 earthquake and fire that followed. In a ceremony that began ...

The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 — which occurred 112 years ago Wednesday — awakened California to the dangers of earthquakes.. Other destructive quakes would follow — Long Beach ...

People will gather in San Francisco this weekend to mark the 109th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake.The quake is the worst natural disaster in California history and killed roughly 3,000 people ...

When the Great Earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906, 3-month-old William Del Monte's family fled the city on a horse-drawn cart. Del Monte was the last known survivor of the 7.8-magnitude quake ...