On April 18, 1906, the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the city. More than 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the quake ...

"The National Seismic Hazard model shows that there is a 15% chance of a large (over magnitude 8) earthquake happening ...

A ceremony was held in downtown San Francisco early Friday morning to mark 119 years since much of the city was destroyed from the 1906 earthquake and fire that followed. In a ceremony that began ...

A street-level view of earthquake damage in San Francisco near City Hall. Frederick Eugene Ives / National Museum of American History, SI Rooftop-view of earthquake damage in San Francisco from ...

San Francisco firefighters, community leaders and city officials gathered Friday morning to mark the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. The first part of the remembrance of the 7.9 magnitude ...

A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- While no one knows for sure when the next big earthquake might hit, San Francisco says it's getting ready. On Wednesday, the city's building inspection commission passed a ...

The fourth "EXTRA!" edition of the Deseret News on April 18, 1906, as reporting on the San Francisco earthquake continued.