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 Earthquake remains one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history. In this video, we examine ...

Frederick Eugene Ives / National Museum of American History, SI Many photographers documented the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath. Yet more than a century would pass before the ...

A ceremony was held in downtown San Francisco early Friday morning to mark 119 years since much of the city was destroyed from the 1906 earthquake and fire that followed. In a ceremony that began ...

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 ...

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 tough times recently,“ Lurie told a crowd of first responders ...

On April 18, 1906, an estimated magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck San Francisco, leaving thousands dead and thousands of buildings destroyed. On the anniversary of the quake, take a look back at the ...

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 ...