The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 — which occurred 112 years ago Wednesday — awakened California to the dangers of earthquakes.. Other destructive quakes would follow — Long Beach ...

EXTENSION: Research how the federal government responded to the April 1906 San Francisco earthquake and detail what precedents this set for future government responses to natural disasters.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 18, 1906, the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A surprising 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area Friday night, startling rush hour commuters as the second such temblor in Northern California in just over ...

The likelihood of a 7.0 major earthquake causing serious damage in the next 30 years is 51% for the San Francisco Bay area and 46% for the Los Angeles area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It wrecked the Marina District in San Francisco, collapsed the Cypress Freeway in Oakland, ... It was the largest quake to hit the Bay Area region since the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- This year's Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill was shaky at best in the minds of many in the Bay Area. Many received no alert at all, while others received it seven ...

Extract from leading editorial, 28 April 1906. San Francisco. There is a strange irony of events in the fact that during the two years preceding the terrible disaster which has just devastated San ...