SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco officials have gathered to remember victims of the city's devastating 1906 earthquake on the quake's 110th anniversary.

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck on April 18 with an estimated magnitude of 7.8. The temblor was followed by major fires that lasted for several days. The toll was high, about 3,000 people ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. "Bill" Del Monte died at a retirement home in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officials and residents held a moment of silence, as they gathered around a fountain in the early morning hours to mark the 109th anniversary of the 1906 ...

San Francisco marks 119 years since 1906 earthquake and fire 03:35. A ceremony was held in downtown San Francisco early Friday morning to mark 119 years since much of the city was destroyed from ...

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 ...

San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Pr / San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Project. By M. Alex Johnson. On April 18, 1906, the earth moved in San Francisco. Then, ...

Ruth Newman, thought to be one of two remaining survivors of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 that shook the city and the surrounding area, has died. She was 113.

William Del Monte was 3 months old when the deadly earthquake struck. At 109, he was "a piece of living San Francisco history." When the Great Earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906, 3-month-old ...