San Francisco was rocked by one of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. Measuring between 7.7 and 8.3 on the ...

California was rocked by a seventh earthquake in less than 24 hours. More than half of the events hit along the San Andreas ...

Although the 1964 Alaskan earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.2 was the biggest quake in US history, the death toll was relatively low (around 131 people). The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was ...

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is the deadliest earthquake in the history of the United States, and remains high on the list of American calamities. The tragedy is among the most documented of ...

San Francisco, Alaska and Tokyo face ... our family with tales of the events of April 18, 1906. He called it “the fire.” The earthquake caused major damage; but it was the fire the quake ...

For comparative purposes, the San Francisco earthquake was 8.4. The scale goes ... Most of them thought the phenomenon was caused by an airplane breaking the sound barrier.James Sibert, who ...

Unfortunately, one of the things we cannot control in the United States is the weather. For better or worse, the weather is ...

Santa Rosa. Paradise. Boulder County. Lahaina. Los Angeles. All are places that have shown that American cities and their water systems weren’t built to withstand wildfire, experts say.

But a combination of high winds and a long period of dryness caused the flames ... Perhaps because of the San Francisco earthquake and fire that occurred in 1906, it was of special interest ...

In November, a 5,000-gallon heli-hydrant in San Diego County was ... have been standard in much of San Francisco for more than a century after the 1906 earthquake sparked widespread fires that ...

San Francisco implemented a comprehensive solution after the city was almost completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and resulting fire, which also caused most hydrants to run dry.