| 1906 San Francisco Earthquake The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 struck at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. A magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter Scale. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire, estimated to be above 3,000. The earthquake and fire would leave a long-standing and significant impression on the development of California. At the time of the disaster, San Francisco had been the ninth-largest city in the United States and the largest on the West Coast, with a population of about 410,000. |
| SAN FRANCISCO |
| ARCHITECTURE |
| THE SEVEN PAINTED LADIES |
| COIT TOWER |
