In A Crack in the Edge of The World, author Simon Winchester studies the disaster of the San Francisco earthquake and how it led to Chinese immigration and the rise of the Pentecostal movement.

Dressed as Emperor Norton, Joseph Amster speaks to a crowd gathered at Lotta's Fountain to commemorate the 109th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, April 18 ...

San Francisco is marking the 119th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly destroyed the city. Every year on April 18, a moment of silence is observed at 5:11 a.m. at Lotta's ...

California's rock-and-roll reputation was set more than a century ago, when a devastating earthquake flattened San Francisco in 1906. Afterward, the northern San Andreas Fault, the state's massive ...

In commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of San Francisco s 1906 earthquake, the Randall Museum presents School Days After the Quake a new interactive exhibit exploring what life was like for ...

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 ...

1906 SF Earthquake Survivor Winnie Hook Dies At 107 One of the three remaining known survivors of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco passed away earlier this week.

Ansel Adams, age 4, survived the deadly 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but was tossed face-first into a garden wall, giving him what his friend Cedric Wright would call an "earthquake nose." ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Today marks 116 years since the massive 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco. Mayor London Breed spoke at Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street downtown, honoring ...

Rare images of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake - among the first color shots ever taken of the destruction wreaked upon the city - have been published by the Smithsonian's National Museum ...

Research led by a University of Oregon doctoral student in California's Santa Cruz Mountains has uncovered geologic evidence that supports historical narratives for two earthquakes in the 68 years ...