100 Years Ago Today: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake

The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is one of the most famous earthquakes in history - although not the largest recorded nor the most killed, it was one of the first major earthquakes to be comprehensively studied, reported and photographed.

The first shocks occured at 05:12 am local time on April 18th 1906.



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