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.

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.

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 ...

Even San Francisco’s infamous 1906 earthquake generated only a 4-inch wave at the Presidio gauge station. Small waves still pack a punch Although they aren’t generated here, tsunamis do ...

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 ...

San Francisco firefighters, community leaders and city officials gathered Friday morning to mark the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. The first part of the remembrance of the 7.9 magnitude ...