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.

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 ...

F. A. Hihn “(Copy of a letter written by F. A. Hihn regarding the San Francisco earthquake and fire of Wednesday, April 18, 1906. Date, addressee, and salutation are not indicated on the copy. Copy, ...

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?

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.

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 ...

The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. The quake and subsequent fires ravaged the city, left more than 3,000 people dead, and ...

This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake on the spatial distribution of economic activity in the American West. Using variation in the potential damage intensity ...

F. A. Hihn “(Copy of a letter written by F. A. Hihn regarding the San Francisco earthquake and fire of Wednesday, April 18, 1906. Date, addressee, and salutation are not indicated on the copy. Copy, ...