Earthquake!1992
San Francisco, 1906
by Kate Wilson
Earthquake! describes the devastating earthquake and ensuing fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in 1906.
Amid the destruction, fires, and fear, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake brings people together. Rich and poor, neighbors and strangers, all are united in helping one another to save their city.
The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 is the most damaging earthquake in American history. San Francisco and surrounding cities were violently shaken by seismic waves produced by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. After the earthquake, subsequent fires destroyed almost the entire city of San Francisco. General Frederick Funston declared martial law, and finally got the fire under control by dynamiting blocks of buildings around the fire to create fire breaks. The 1906 earthquake...