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.

EXTENSION: Research how the federal government responded to the April 1906 San Francisco earthquake and detail what precedents this set for future government responses to natural disasters.

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shook violently. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck just 2 miles off the coast.

It is a new day, San Francisco. Literally and figuratively, according to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s 5 a.m. remarks at the 119th commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. “We’ve gone through some ...

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 ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 18, 1906, the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the ...

A new book takes us back in time to 1906 when a powerful, devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco. To this day, it is still the strongest quake ever recorded in the Bay Area.