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 7.9-magnitude quake caused over 3,000 deaths ...

All the known survivors of the 1906 Great Quake in San Francisco are dead, but their stories live on. Here are some interviews from those who can no longer tell them personally.

Because the 1906 earthquake and fire was a terrific story -- a force of nature that shook a famous city without warning, a fire that destroyed the ruins, a story that was both a tragedy and a ...

Almost a century after the 1906 earthquake, Stanford geophysicists have revisited San Francisco's ''Big One'' and now paint a new picture of a fault that was ready to go and that ruptured farther ...

Read excerpts of letters from survivors of the 1906 earthquake and fires in San Francisco. Letters are courtesy of the California Historical Society.

Little was known about the San Andreas fault before a massive earthquake struck San Francisco in 1906. But that changed when a team of scientists mapped the fault and produced a report that gave ...

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 ...

1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance Events A series of dedications, ceremonies, memorials, exhibits, shows, live performances, outdoor activities, public lectures, open houses, tours, films ...

In the days following the 1906 earthquake, the artist Chiura Obata grabbed his sketchbook and went to work.