The 7.9-magnitude San Francisco earthquake in April 1906 was the most recent great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, with an epicenter now estimated to be offshore about 2 miles west of San ...

A series of small earthquakes shook the San ... Francisco. The U.S.G.S. initially estimated that the quake had a magnitude of 3.7. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the ...

Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 hit in the South Bay early Friday afternoon. According to the USGS report, the earthquake occurred ...

When the great San Francisco earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco and the city’s medical facilities in April 1906, more than 40,000 people took shelter and sought treatment in a tent city in ...

By David Bolling Given the announced, if fluctuating, 33-percent likelihood of a 6.7 or greater earthquake on the nearby ...

For example, after the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, the city burned for three days. Most of the city was destroyed and 250,000 people were left homeless. Most of the hazards to people come ...