San Francisco has released new data that shows 24 city-owned buildings are at risk of collapsing from an earthquake. Even more are prone to serious damage according to ...

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.

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...

On April 18, 1906, a powerful earthquake, estimated at nearly 8.0 in magnitude, struck San Francisco. Fires broke out soon after, destroying much of the city. Around 3,000 people were killed, and ...

Natural disasters, such as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, also occurred during this week. Several mass shootings, including Columbine, Virginia Tech and FSU happened during this time period.

Many photographers documented the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath. Yet more than a century would pass before the public would see a view of the disaster in three-dimensional color.

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 ...

24/7 Wall St. Posted: August 10, 2024 | Last updated: August 10, 2024 We associate earthquakes with specific areas of the world, like California, which lies along the San Andreas fault. A major ...

In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, Californians were awoken by what the U.S. Geological Survey calls "one of the most significant earthquakes of all time." Several shocks occurred ...

It was there that she rode out the 1906 earthquake. Left: Emilie’s son Edgar A. Cohen (1859-1939), a professional photographer, traveled to San Francisco to take these photos of the earthquake damage, ...