Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tower of the Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street remains intact in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake ...

120 years ago on April 18, 1906, the San Francisco earthquake (and subsequent fires) ranks as one of the most significant temblors of all time. At 5:12 a.m., a foreshock occurred with enough force to ...

It's difficult to imagine San Francisco today engulfed in flame, ash and ruin — but 120 years ago, disaster forever reshaped the city. The big picture: At 5:12am on April 18, 1906, a 7.9-magnitude ...

The San Francisco Fire Department held a live emergency firefighting water system demonstration on Tuesday morning in commemoration of the 120-year anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

San Franciscans love to gather at Dolores Park to watch the skyline glow at sunset. The hard edges of the Transamerica Pyramid catch the light. Then the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, with its Art ...

SAN FRANCISCO (WCSC) — An earthquake estimated to have reached as high as 8.3 magnitude on the Richter scale devastated San Francisco on April 18, 1906. The earthquake ruptured the northernmost 296 ...