San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...

San Francisco was rocked by one of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. Measuring between 7.7 and 8.3 on the Richter scale, the quake devastated the city, igniting massive fires and claiming ...

The 1906 earthquake and the devastating fire that followed changed the neighborhood dramatically. The disaster destroyed most of San Francisco's business district and many of its residential ...

But, San Francisco is also located in a “ring of fire” with a staggering 85% of ... of complete destruction if hit with a deadly earthquake. However, a new project costing billions hopes ...

San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...