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 ...

After 1906, Los Angeles merchants ... In 1936, 30 years after the earthquake and fire, MGM released its prestige film “San Francisco,” starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Jeanette ...

which lies along the San Andreas fault. A major earthquake occurred in 1906 in Northern California, due to shifting of this massive fault line, causing widespread damage and fires in San Fransisco.

Photo courtesy Palo Alto Historical Association. The devastation to San Francisco caused by the 1906 earthquake that struck the region on April 18 has been well-documented over the past 118 years.

San Franciscans were jolted by a 3.6 magnitude earthquake that struck just after 7 a.m. Friday at what may have been exact same location of San Francisco’s infamous 1906 earthquake. A 2.9 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. San Francisco was jolted by a 3.6-magnitude earthquake Friday morning at the same location as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The quake occurred at a ...

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 ...

Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?

People watch smoke billowing from fires after a severe earthquake hit San Francisco April 18, 1906. Can L.A. learn any lessons from this disaster 118 years ago? (Arnold Genthe / Associated Press) ...